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Eduardo Galeano is one of Latin America's most distinguished writers. He is the author of the three-volume Memory of Fire; Open Veins of Latin America; Soccer in Sun and Shadow; The Book of Embraces; Walking Words; Upside Down; and Voices 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 recipient of many international prizes.
Galeano can run rings round our glamorous football intelligentsia. * When Saturday Comes * Stands out like Pele on a field of second-stringers. * New Yorker * Galeano has a style of a great left half. He constantly switches the direction of play. His observations are acute. He delivers with an air of insouciance which cannot mask his mastery * Herald * Uplifting, reckless, ironic, impassioned... sparkles with supple imagery and a fine dry wit. * Independent * Deeply humane . . . he has produced literature that will endure, monuments to the imagination -- Toby Green * Independent *
