Name: Days and Nights of Love and war
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Author: Eduardo Galeano
ISBN: 9781583670231

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eduardo Galeano

Publisher

Monthly Review Press

Year

2000

Language

English

Pages

180

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

1583670238

ISBN13

9781583670231

Synopsis "Days and Nights of Love and war "

"Days and Nights succeeds not only because of its socio-political authenticity and lyrical style but because of its interweaving of anger and tenderness, elation and sorrow."--The Nation Days and Nights of Love and War is the personal testimony of one of Latin America's foremost contemporary political writers. In this fascinating journal and eloquent history, Eduardo Galeano movingly records the lives of struggles of the Latin American people, under two decades of unimaginable violence and extreme repression. Alternating between reportage, personal vignettes, interviews, travelogues, and folklore, and richly conveyed with anger, sadness, irony, and occasional humor, Galeano pays loving tribute to the courage and determination of those who continued to believe in, and fight for, a more human existence. The Lannan Foundation awarded the 1999 Cultural Prize for Freedom to Eduardo Galeano, in recognition of those "whose extraordinary and courageous work celebrates the human right to freedom of imagination, inquiry and expression." Originally published in Cuba, Days and Nights of Love and War won the Casa de las Américas prize in 1978.

Eduardo Galeano

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Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015) was a Uruguayan writer and journalist whose work was characterized by a deep social and political commitment. His style combined essays, chronicles, and narrative to address the history and struggles of Latin America. His most influential work, Open Veins of Latin America (1971), became a benchmark of critical thinking about colonialism and exploitation in the region.

Throughout his career, Galeano published key titles such as Memory of Fire (1982-1986), a trilogy that reinterprets the history of the continent, and The Book of Embraces (1989), a collection of short stories with his characteristic poetic style. His legacy continues as an essential voice in Latin American literature.

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