Eduardo Galeano was een Uruguayaanse journalist en schrijver wiens werken fictie, journalistiek, politieke analyse en geschiedenis vakkundig combineren. Hij werd gedreven door een obsessie om het verleden van Amerika te herinneren, vooral Latijns-Amerika, dat hij omschreef als een land gedoemd tot amnesie. Zijn schrijfstijl is zowel poëtisch als politiek, waarbij hij vaak thema's als onrechtvaardigheid en menselijke veerkracht verkent. Galeano's verhalen dwingen lezers om na te denken over geschiedenis en waarheden te ontdekken in vergeten verhalen.
This exhilarating single-volume history of the whole world from the Iron Age to the Information Age, by one of Latin America's greatest living writers, gives a voice back to the voiceless, and lets the demonized, the starved and the discarded speak their History.
The personal testimoney of a contemporary political writer. In this journal, the author records the lves of strugegels of the Latin American people under two decades of unimaginable violence and repression. This book alternates between reportage, personal vignettes, interviews and travelogues. schovat popis
Throughout his career, Eduardo Galeano has turned our understanding of history and reality on its head. Isabelle Allende said his works “invade the reader's mind, to persuade him or her to surrender to the charm of his writing and power of his idealism.” Mirrors, Galeano's most ambitious project since Memory of Fire, is an unofficial history of the world seen through history's unseen, unheard, and forgotten. As Galeano notes: “Official history has it that Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first man to see, from a summit in Panama, the two oceans at once. Were the people who lived there blind??” Recalling the lives of artists, writers, gods, and visionaries, from the Garden of Eden to twenty-first-century New York, of the black slaves who built the White House and the women erased by men's fears, and told in hundreds of kaleidoscopic vignettes, Mirrors is a magic mosaic of our humanity.
In a series of mock lesson plans and a "program of study" Galeano provides an eloquent, passionate, funny and shocking exposé of First World privileges and assumptions. From a master class in "The Impunity of Power" to a seminar on "The Sacred Car"—with tips along the way on "How to Resist Useless Vices" and a declaration of the "The Right to Rave"—he surveys a world unevenly divided between abundance and deprivation, carnival and torture, power and helplessness. We have accepted a "reality" we should reject, he writes, one where poverty kills, people are hungry, machines are more precious than humans, and children work from dark to dark. In the North, we are fed on a diet of artificial need and all made the same by things we own; the South is the galley slave enabling our greed.
Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility.
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover
The narrative weaves together a rich tapestry of memories, observations, and legends, showcasing the author's personal journey while offering a profound and compassionate perspective on life. Through these interconnected stories, readers are invited to explore the deeper meanings and connections that shape human experience.
From Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's greatest living writers, comes 'Children of the Days', a new kind of history that shows us how to remember and how to live.
Discussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of that extraordinary match between British and German soldiers in 1915, one of South America’s greatest commentators issues forth on robotic soccer in Japan, the mass-production of the game as a sign of the decline of civilization, the amazing success of Senegal and Turkey, and how Nike beat Adidas.
Drawing on the rich folklore of Latin America, Eduardo Galeano presents a collection of captivating tales filled with ghouls and fools, reflecting the region's cultural heritage. Collaborating with Brazilian woodcut artist Jose Francisco Borges, the stories are visually enhanced, emphasizing their enchanting nature. This work celebrates the transformative power of storytelling, showcasing how narratives can shape and enrich our understanding of the world.