Hunter of Stories
Autor Eduardo Galeano Traducere de Mark Frieden Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 noi 2018
Master
storyteller
Eduardo
Galeano
was
unique
among
his
contemporaries
(Gabriel
Garcia
Marquez
and
Mario
Vargas
Llosa
among
them)
for
his
commitment
to
retelling
our
many
histories,
including
the
stories
of
those
who
were
disenfranchised.
A
philosopher
poet,
his
nonfiction
is
infused
with
such
passion
and
imagination
that
it
matches
the
intensity
and
the
appeal
of
Latin
America's
very
best
fiction.
Comprised
of
all
new
material,
published
here
for
the
first
time
in
a
wonderful
English
translation
by
longtime
collaborator
Mark
Fried,Hunter
of
Storiesis
a
deeply
considered
collection
of
Galeano's
final
musings
and
stories
on
history,
memory,
humor,
and
tragedy.
Written
in
his
signature
style--vignettes
that
fluidly
combine
dialogue,
fables,
and
anecdotes--every
page
displays
the
original
thinking
and
compassion
that
has
earned
Galeano
decades
and
continents
of
renown.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781568589084
ISBN-10: 1568589085
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 130 x 206 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția Bold Type Books
ISBN-10: 1568589085
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 130 x 206 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția Bold Type Books
Notă biografică
Eduardo
Galeano(1940-2015)
was
one
of
Latin
America's
most
distinguished
writers.
A
Uruguayan
journalist,
writer,
and
novelist,
he
was
considered,
among
other
things,
"a
literary
giant
of
the
Latin
American
left"
and
"global
soccer's
preeminent
man
of
letters."
He
is
the
author
of
the
three-volumeMemory
of
Fire,Open
Veins
of
Latin
America,Soccer
in
Sun
and
Shadow,The
Book
of
Embraces,Walking
Words,Upside
Down,
andVoices
in
Time.
Born
in
Montevideo
in
1940,
he
lived
in
exile
in
Argentina
and
Spain
for
years
before
returning
to
Uruguay.
His
work
has
been
translated
into
twenty-eight
languages.
He
is
the
recipient
of
many
international
prizes,
including
the
first
Lannan
Prize
for
Cultural
Freedom,
the
Casa
de
las
Americas
Prize,
and
the
First
Distinguished
Citizen
of
the
region
by
the
countries
of
Mercosur.
Galeano
once
described
himself
as
"a
writer
obsessed
with
remembering,
with
remembering
the
past
of
America
and
above
all
that
of
Latin
America,
intimate
land
condemned
to
amnesia."
Isabel
Allende,
who
said
her
copy
of
Galeano's
book
was
one
of
the
few
items
with
which
she
fled
Chile
in
1973
after
the
military
coup
of
Augusto
Pinochet,
calledOpen
Veins
of
Latin
America"a
mixture
of
meticulous
detail,
political
conviction,
poetic
flair,
and
good
storytelling."
Recenzii
"This
is
Galeano's
parting
gift,
arriving
to
us,
likea
message
from
another
dimension,
from
beyond
the
grave.
It
is
more
generous,wise,
and
wonderful
than
I
dared
hope."—Naomi
Klein,
author
of
No
Is
Not
Enough
"Galeano was a masterof the shattered story. He had a way of making realism magical without being amagical realist. This book is yet another demonstration of his brilliance."—Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things
"Story-hunterand -gatherer Galeano has captured a covey of extraordinary tales from the wiseeverybodies of the world and from his own wise observations. They aremedicine for our times-tales to break our hearts open and restore us ourhumanity. To experience them alone is transformational. But to watchthem soar to their full potential, they must be released from captivity andread aloud."—Sandra Cisneros, author of House on Mango Street
"Like amagician, combining on the page the arts of reading, storytelling and civicethics, Eduardo Galeano conjures up for us long-forgotten images of our manyworlds. If, as we have always suspected, our geographies spring from ourstories, Galeano is our master geographer."—Alberto Manguel, author of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
"Meticulouslysculpted...with the lively and inimitable voice of a passionate rebel andstoryteller... With a keen sense for ironic reversals and equal measures of slyhumor, empathy, anguish, and hope, this compendium of bite-size stories ofresistance (elegantly translated by longtime collaborator Fried) is a worthyaddition to the celebrated oeuvre of a writer who remains a towering figureboth as an artist and a voice of conscience across Latin America and theworld."—Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review
"Bittersweet it is toread the final offering of a beloved, erudite, and wholly gifted author... In hisnearly 75 years, Galeano continually spoke truth to power, yet also fosteredbeauty and a stylistic legacy all his own...Hunter of Storiesis afitting, final work of a man who spent his days (and undoubtedly so manynights) envisioning a finer world for all."
—Jeremy Garber, Powell's Books
"A fitting final flourish for a literary giant of theLatin American left."—Kirkus Reviews
"[Galeano's] trenchant social critique and playfulstyle suffuse these posthumously published vignettes: some deeply personal,many fiercely political, others simply wise and penetrating, and nearly allhumorous, whether satirical or self-mocking... A swan song from one of LatinAmerica's greatest storytellers, this work is rich with social conscience,humor, insight, outrage, and love. Recommended to all."—Library Journal, Starred Review
"Arranged with a novelist's gift for narrativesequence, a journalist's skepticism, and a storyteller's flair for dramatictension... Each brief entry provides a snapshot into the rich imagination of oneof the twentieth century's finest writers... A fitting finale for a lifetime ofincisive writing."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Hunter of Storiesis a fitting bookend to Galeano's impressive literary career and anecessary book for all those who, like the author, care for the suffering ofothers and believe in the power of words to change minds and, perhaps, theworld."—World Literature Today
"A highly satisfying final collection of thegreat Latin American writer's signature vignettes, a swirling mix of history,philosophy, fable, poetry, humor, memory and conscience."—Wall Street Journal
"Galeano was a masterof the shattered story. He had a way of making realism magical without being amagical realist. This book is yet another demonstration of his brilliance."—Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things
"Story-hunterand -gatherer Galeano has captured a covey of extraordinary tales from the wiseeverybodies of the world and from his own wise observations. They aremedicine for our times-tales to break our hearts open and restore us ourhumanity. To experience them alone is transformational. But to watchthem soar to their full potential, they must be released from captivity andread aloud."—Sandra Cisneros, author of House on Mango Street
"Like amagician, combining on the page the arts of reading, storytelling and civicethics, Eduardo Galeano conjures up for us long-forgotten images of our manyworlds. If, as we have always suspected, our geographies spring from ourstories, Galeano is our master geographer."—Alberto Manguel, author of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
"Meticulouslysculpted...with the lively and inimitable voice of a passionate rebel andstoryteller... With a keen sense for ironic reversals and equal measures of slyhumor, empathy, anguish, and hope, this compendium of bite-size stories ofresistance (elegantly translated by longtime collaborator Fried) is a worthyaddition to the celebrated oeuvre of a writer who remains a towering figureboth as an artist and a voice of conscience across Latin America and theworld."—Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review
"Bittersweet it is toread the final offering of a beloved, erudite, and wholly gifted author... In hisnearly 75 years, Galeano continually spoke truth to power, yet also fosteredbeauty and a stylistic legacy all his own...Hunter of Storiesis afitting, final work of a man who spent his days (and undoubtedly so manynights) envisioning a finer world for all."
—Jeremy Garber, Powell's Books
"A fitting final flourish for a literary giant of theLatin American left."—Kirkus Reviews
"[Galeano's] trenchant social critique and playfulstyle suffuse these posthumously published vignettes: some deeply personal,many fiercely political, others simply wise and penetrating, and nearly allhumorous, whether satirical or self-mocking... A swan song from one of LatinAmerica's greatest storytellers, this work is rich with social conscience,humor, insight, outrage, and love. Recommended to all."—Library Journal, Starred Review
"Arranged with a novelist's gift for narrativesequence, a journalist's skepticism, and a storyteller's flair for dramatictension... Each brief entry provides a snapshot into the rich imagination of oneof the twentieth century's finest writers... A fitting finale for a lifetime ofincisive writing."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Hunter of Storiesis a fitting bookend to Galeano's impressive literary career and anecessary book for all those who, like the author, care for the suffering ofothers and believe in the power of words to change minds and, perhaps, theworld."—World Literature Today
"A highly satisfying final collection of thegreat Latin American writer's signature vignettes, a swirling mix of history,philosophy, fable, poetry, humor, memory and conscience."—Wall Street Journal