This writing is sharp, it’s beautiful, it’s fabulous in the many senses of that word. Memory of Fire I: Recalling his early days as both a journalist and a caricaturist in Montevideo, Uruguay, the texts in The Book of embraces are accompanied by his own fanciful and surrealistic collages and drawings. The Book of EmbracesĮnglish by birth, he was deported by the U. Descriptions of books from You may also want to try Upside Down An eloquent, passionate, funny, and shocking expose of our first world priviledges and assumptions. Telling the Truth about History Joyce Appleby. Click on the book covers below and you’ll be taken to Amazon. Eduardo Galeano, The Book of EmbracesĪnd it all comes back to that first book I read. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies.Ĭedric Belfrage was an author, journalist, translator, and co-founder of the radical weekly newspaper the National Guardian. The Book of Embraces Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into Galeno’s exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility. We call it a fool because it works so hard. David Lazar, my dissertation advisor and an exceptional professor of nonfiction creative writing. He knew I had lived in Uruguay, and went on to mention that Galeano was a Uruguayan writer of creative nonfiction. I used eduardl teach from it all the time,” he said.Įven before I read a word of the book, I felt like I had found a soul brother or a mentor. My wife told me that it was a well known and beloved book by the most famous of contemporary Uruguayan authors. Galeano’s writing is politically charged and poetically balanced to give more meaning, more thought, ounce per ounce, letter per letter, than most anything I’ve ever read. Eduardo Galeano has become a sort of mentor for me. Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews. Ghe comb shed dreams replete with all their characters: I was sitting by my computer and was toying with El libro de los abrazos in my lap, looking at the eduarod while I talked.

Sandra Cisneros, in her introduction to the edition of Eduardo Galeano’s Days and Nights of Love and War, writes, “I believe. Eduardo Galeano (Author), Cedric Belfrage (Translator) “In The Book of Embraces, Galeano goes out on the tightrope and then levitates in the air above it.

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