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In soccer, galeano finds both a reflection and extension of everything he loves and finds maddening about the part of the world that has been the central focus of his writing for decades. Yet the joy that millions take in it is polluted by foul, forprofit priorities, violent classism, and discrimination. Aug 06, 20 in soccer in sun and shadow, galeano takes us to ancient china, where engravings from the ming period show a ball that could have been designed by adidas to victorian england, where gentlemen codified the rules that we still play by today and to latin america, where the crazy english spread the game only to find it creolized by the locals. Like so many children born in latin america, galeano children of the days. Whoever believes physical size and tests of speed or strength have anything to do with a soccer players prowess is sorely mistaken. Soccer in sun and shadow by eduardo galeano books on. Apr 22, 2019 in a sequence of elegiac and deliciously droll observations, the distinguished latin american writer, eduardo galeano here reflects on mortality and immortality. Read soccer in sun and shadow online, read in mobile or kindle. This effervescent book, illustrated by the authors spry silhouettes, is a lyrical celebration of. One of the greatest, magical, and most lyrical accounts of the beautiful game. Stories of almost everyone, and children of the days.
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