Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Eduardo Galeano

Verso, 2003 - Sports & Recreation - 244 pages

Discussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of that extraordinary match between British and German soldiers in 1915, one of South America’s greatest commentators issues forth on robotic soccer in Japan, the mass-production of the game as a sign of the decline of civilization, the amazing success of Senegal and Turkey, and how Nike beat Adidas.

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Review: Soccer In Sun And Shadow

User Review  - Annette - Goodreads

Galeano is a poet from Uraguay. He's one of my favorite authors, and I love his approach to writing about historical events. With this book, he turns his analytic eye and rich imagery to one of his ...

Review: Soccer In Sun And Shadow

User Review  - Benjamin - Goodreads

This book is one of the best books I've ever read. It is about the history of soccer in Latin America, straight up beautiful.

Contents

• the goalkeeper: 4
• the manager: 11
• the second discovery of america: 44
• the occult forces: 53
• professionalism: 59
• erico: 67
• domingos and: 74
• world: 85
• goal by zizinho: 91
• shirt fervor: 108
• goal by pelé: 131
• the owners of the ball: 146
• world cup: 160
• the cicada and the ant: 183
• epilogue to the 1999 edition: 211

About the author

Eduardo Galeano is also the author of Open Veins of Latin America, Days and Nights of Love and War, The Book of Embraces, We Say No, and other works. He is a regular contributor to The Nation. He lives in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Soccer in Sun and Shadow
• Author: Eduardo Galeano
• Translated by: Mark Fried
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Verso, 2003
• ISBN: 1859844235, 9781859844236
• Length: 244 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Soccer