Faces and Masks (Memory of Fire Trilogy)
"From pre-Columbian creation myths and the first European voyages of discovery and conquest to the Age of Reagan, here is 'nothing less than a unified history of the Western Hemisphere... recounted in vivid prose.'"--The New YorkerA unique and epic history, Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire...
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"From pre-Columbian creation myths and the first European voyages of discovery and conquest to the Age of Reagan, here is 'nothing less than a unified history of the Western Hemisphere... recounted in vivid prose.'"--The New YorkerA unique and epic history, Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy is an outstanding Latin American eye view of the making of the New World. From its first English language publication in 1985 it has been recognized as a classic of political engagement, original research, and literary form.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393318067 (0393318060)
ASIN: 0393318060
Publish date: 1998-06-17
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Politics,
American History,
Poetry,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Latin American History,
Latin American Literature
1785: GuanajuatoSilver PortraitUsing the language of fluttering fans, ladies chat in the leafy gardens. Somebody pees against the wall of the church and on one side of the plaza two beggars, sitting in the sun, pick at each other's lice. Beneath the stone archway a distinguished doctor in a huge clo...
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