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From the noted uruguayan author, a broad, global, sometimes glancing look at all the ways humans do wrong. He is the author of the trilogy memory of fire, open veins of latin america, soccer in sun and shadow, days and nights of love and war, the book of embraces, walking words, voices of time, upside down, mirrors. E duardo galeano is a famous latin american writer, little known in anglosaxon countries until hugo chavez presented barack obama earlier this year with a copy of his classic 1973 book the open. Throughout history, several thinkers, humans and divine, all males, have taken care of women, for various reasons. Eduardo galeano, born in montevideo, uruguay, in 1940 is an essayist, journalist, historian, and activist. Im a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of america above all and above all t. Sioux chant from south dakota mirrors are filled with people.
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Uruguayan author eduardo galeano talks about his latest book, mirrors, a history of the world told through 600 brief stories. Mirrors, galeano s most ambitious project since memory of fire, is an unofficial history of the world seen through historys unseen, unheard, and forgotten. Stories of almost everyone contemporary uruguayan author eduardo galeanos collection of hundreds and hundreds of finely constructed minitales, two or three on every page, with such titles as. We speak to galeano about his reaction to the chavezobama book exchange, media and politics in latin america, his assessment of obama, and more. Eduardo galeano books list of books by author eduardo galeano. Buy eduardo galeano ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Chinese astrology is brought to us as a legacy of ageold wisdom and invites us to develop an awareness of our inner potential.