soccer in sun and shadow by eduardo galeano

On virtually every page, Galeano uses a phrase or sentence that will leave readers in awe of his gifts. 'This updated edition serves as a reminder that this is not just a classic sports book. Galeano's Catholic upbringing, socialist politics, and the injustice he's seen as a journalist seeps into his commentary, and gives his narrative a refreshing perspective that captures soccer's spiritual roots, corruption by greed, and role as a global equalizer that puts royals and dictators at the mercy of minorities and slum kids.' 'A poetic history that sets the book apart from others. over all, the book is a winning celebration of the beautiful game.' 'Between poetic descriptions of scores by famous players, Galeano provides political context and commentary. In soccer, Galeano finds both a reflection and extension of everything he loves and finds maddening about the part of the world that has been the central focus of his writing for decades' 'Soccer in Sun and Shadow is the most lyrical sports book ever written. Named one of the 'Top 100 Sports Books of All Time' by Sports Illustrated

and a joy for the body that plays it”-exquisitely rendered in the magical stories of Soccer in Sun and Shadow. Soccer is a game that bureaucrats try to dull and the powerful try to manipulate, but it retains its magic because it remains a bewitching game-“a feast for the eyes.

Galeano tells of the suicide of Uruguayan player Abdón Porte, who shot himself in the center circle of the Nacional's stadium of the Argentine manager who wouldn't let his team eat chicken because it would bring bad luck and of scandal-riven Diego Maradona whose real crime, Galeano suggests, was always “the sin of being the best.” yet soccer, Galeano cautions, “is a pleasure that hurts.” Thus there is also heartbreak and madness.

In Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Galeano takes us to ancient China, where engravings from the Ming period show a ball that could have been designed by Adidas to Victorian England, where gentlemen codified the rules that we still play by today and to Latin America, where the “crazy English” spread the game only to find it creolized by the locals.Īll the greats-Pelé, Di Stéfano, Cruyff, Eusébio, Puskás, Gullit, Baggio, Beckenbauer- have joyous cameos in this book. In this witty and rebellious history of world soccer, award-winning writer Eduardo Galeano searches for the styles of play, players, and goals that express the unique personality of certain times and places. One of the greatest, magical, and most lyrical accounts of the beautiful game

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bold Type Books (October 18, 2022).

Soccer in sun and shadow by eduardo galeano