His eye is akin to the skilled photographer`s, and his ear to that of the novelist upon whom nothing is lost. Galeano`s obvious gift is his capacity to make a symphonic whole of such fragments, as if he were reading a thick, sometimes surreal newspaper and seeing all its stories and images in necessary connection. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. (NY/London) 1st Edition, Hardcover, 281 pages. The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano.Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human. Hence Galeano`s stress on anecdotes, graffiti, newspaperĪdvertisements, dreams and propaganda: Fantasies and fears, faint voices and transient moments, carry metaphors of essential truth. The Book of Embraces (Hardcover) Published April 1st 1991 by W.W. The poetic historian must heed the colloquial voice of events, the background rumors of things, and make them speak to each other and to the world.

History is declaring itself always, but often in ways we cannot recognize or fail to document. The magic and the horror are not far to seek, he believes.

If you take the molds for historian, poet, critic, storyteller, journalist. The Book Of Embraces Paperback Jby Eduardo Galeano (Author) 82 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 91.54 12 Used from 37.63 4 New from 91.54 Paperback 21.73 29 Used from 12.18 14 New from 15.90 Eduardo Galeano's is considered a passionate literary voice. If Latin America is arrested in tragic repetition, Galeano would break the nightmare`s hold by expressing ''the magical reality which I find at the core of the hideous reality of America.'' The Book of Embraces, by Eduardo Galeano. Exists in a time warp, where ''Idiot memory'' always recreates itself and builds a future from the freshly reappropriated past.

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