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Genesis, the first volume in eduardo galeanos memory of fire trilogy, is both a meditation on the clashes between the old world and the new and, in the authors words, an attempt to rescue the kidnapped memory of all america. Jun 23, 2009 uruguayan author eduardo galeano talks about his latest book, mirrors, a history of the world told through 600 brief stories. Isabelle allende said his works invade the readers mind, to persuade him or her to surrender to the charm of his writing and power of his idealism. Eduardo galeano s new book takes its title from a shopworn conceit stories mirror us, and various stories mirror each other, in their concerns and moves from there to a numbing catalogue of brief narratives, each less than a page, that runs from ancient origin myths mirorrs contemporary reports of american perfidy. Eduardo galeano on writing, historical amnesia in latin. Download upside down a primer for the lookingglass world by eduardo galeano ebook for free in pdf and epub format.
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