Memory of Fire III: Century of the Wind, Part Three of a Trilogy (part 3 only)

GALEANO, Eduardo (translated by Cedric Belfrage)

ISBN 10: 0394553616 / ISBN 13: 9780394553610

Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1988

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301pp, octavo. very slight fading to book spine ends, boards clean, tight binding, interior clean throughout, Very Good+; dj edges lightly chipped at top spine and rear, small closed tear top front fore-edge corner and bottom front, covers clean, not price-clipped, Very Good. Seller Inventory # 127683

Bibliographic Details

Title: Memory of Fire III: Century of the Wind, ...

Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: HARDCOVER

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st American edition.

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Synopsis:

From pre-Columbian creation myths and the first European voyages of discovery and conquest to the Age of Reagan, here is "nothing less than a unified history of the Western Hemisphere... recounted in vivid prose."-The New Yorker

A unique and epic history, Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy is an outstanding Latin American eye view of the making of the New World. From its first English language publication in 1985 it has been recognized as a classic of political engagement, original research, and literary form.

Reviews:

In 1977 a flabby, reclusive Elvis Presley fired pistols at his six TV sets in Graceland while, a continent away, Brazil's military dictatorship banned Picasso's erotic prints and the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In this Uruguayan journalist's epic tapestry, stitched together from hundreds of historical cameos, the destinies of North and South America are darkly linked by more than drug trafficking, CIA intrusions, cultural imperialism and cynical exploitation. As Galeano replays the obscenities and horrors of modern history, he lays bare the fractured soul of Latin America, a civilization deformed by its unequal relationship with the U.S. Hopping from Thomas Edison's workshop in New Jersey to General Pinochet's bloodbath in Chile, Galeano sums up a century ravaged by progress. This provocative montage is the final volume in a trilogy that includes Genesis and Faces and Masks. Together, they form an unconventional rereading of the history of the Western hemisphere.
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In the brilliant finale to the "Memory of Fire" trilogy ( LJ 10/1/85; 6/1/87), Galeano brings his fictionalized history of Latin America up to 1984, the year he ended his exile from his native Uruguay. With its unilateral, largely ironic perspective on the key socio-political events of the 20th centurythe Mexican and Cuban revolutions, the Somosa-Sandinista conflictand on such looming factors as Yankee imperialism, Indian persecution, and political oppresion, the book underscores the author's Marxist sympathies. In a subtle, unobtrusive style, cleanly and aptly translated, Galeano deeply impresses and transfigures the reader. A likely collection staple, but impotent without its earlier siblings.Lawrence Olszewski, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
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