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Galeano, Eduardo H, 1940-
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History -- Miscellanea.
Chronology, Historical.
World history.
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Galeano, Eduardo H, 1940-
History -- Miscellanea.
Chronology, Historical.
World history.
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Children of the days : a calendar of human history /
Eduardo
Galeano
; translated by Mark Fried.
by
Galeano
,
Eduardo
H,
1940-
Nation Books, [2013], ♭2013.
Call #:
902.02 G152c
Subjects
History -- Miscellanea.
Chronology, Historical.
World history.
ISBN:
9781568587479 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Hijos
de
los
dias
.
English
English
.
Description:
423 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in the Spanish language in 2012 by Siglo XXI Editores (Argentina) and Ediciones del Chanchito (Uruguay)"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
"
Galeano
's new book is his richest and most poetic yet, a joyous calendar of the sacred and the damned, a book of inspiration for those fighting tyranny, greed, and amnesia Unfurling like a medieval book of days, each page of
Galeano
's new work has an illuminating story that takes inspiration from that day of the calendar year. Each entry resurrects the heroes and heroines who have fallen off the historical map, but whose lives remind us of our darkest hours and sweetest victories. Among many others, you will discover the Brazilians who held a "smooch in" to protest a dictatorship that banned kisses that "undermined public morals" and learn of the day Mexico invaded the United States, the "sacrilegious" women who had the effrontery to marry each other in a church in 1901, and Abdul Kassem Ismael, the grand vizier of Persia, who kept books safe from war by creating a walking library, 117,000 books aboard four hundred camels, forming a mile-long caravan. Beautifully translated by
Galeano
's longtime collaborator, Mark Fried, Children of the Days is a great humanist treasure that shows us how to live and how to remember. It awakens the best in us. "--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Fried, Mark, translator.
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