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Galeano's condensed history is, like life, at once dark and fascinating -- Mina Holland * Observer * A kind of epigrammatic excavation, uprooting stories that have been mislaid or misappropriated, and presenting them in their full glory, horror or absurdity . . . with a wry and scathing wit -- Gary Younge * Guardian * Deeply humane . . . he has produced literature that will endure, monuments to the imagination -- Toby Green * Independent * Wonderful, glittering, remarkable * Financial Times * Marries meticulous journalistic detail with lyrical flair ... his inner Stephen Fry can point out that for Mayas, Jews, Arabs, the Chinese and others, January 1st doesn't herald the New Year at all, before adding the optimistic kicker that given the transience of time, this day is as good as any other ""to be bright and joyous as the colours of an outdoor market"" * The Times *

Galeano's condensed history is, like life, at once dark and fascinating -- Mina Holland Observer A kind of epigrammatic excavation, uprooting stories that have been mislaid or misappropriated, and presenting them in their full glory, horror or absurdity ... with a wry and scathing wit -- Gary Younge Guardian Deeply humane ... he has produced literature that will endure, monuments to the imagination -- Toby Green Independent Wonderful, glittering, remarkable Financial Times Marries meticulous journalistic detail with lyrical flair ... his inner Stephen Fry can point out that for Mayas, Jews, Arabs, the Chinese and others, January 1st doesn't herald the New Year at all, before adding the optimistic kicker that given the transience of time, this day is as good as any other to be bright and joyous as the colours of an outdoor market The Times

Marries meticulous journalistic detail with lyrical flair ... his inner Stephen Fry can point out that for Mayas, Jews, Arabs, the Chinese and others, January 1st doesn't herald the New Year at all, before adding the optimistic kicker that given the transience of time, this day is as good as any other to be bright and joyous as the colours of an outdoor market * The Times * Wonderful, glittering, remarkable * Financial Times * Deeply humane . . . he has produced literature that will endure, monuments to the imagination -- Toby Green * Independent * A kind of epigrammatic excavation, uprooting stories that have been mislaid or misappropriated, and presenting them in their full glory, horror or absurdity . . . with a wry and scathing wit -- Gary Younge * Guardian * Galeano's condensed history is, like life, at once dark and fascinating -- Mina Holland * Observer *

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Eduardo Galeano is one of Latin America's most distinguished writers. He is the author of the three-volume Memory of Fire; Open Veins of Latin America; Soccer in Sun and Shadow; The Book of Embraces; Walking Words; Upside Down; and Voices in Time. Born in Montevideo in 1940, he lived in exile in Argentina and Spain for years before returning to Uruguay. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. He is recipient of many international prizes.

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