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.

Contents

• the player: 3
• the goal: 9
• the language of soccer doctors: 15
• a flag that rolls: 34
• samitier: 40
• the olympic goal: 49
• carrizo: 107
• goal by gento: 118
• goal by beckenbauer: 124
• goal by pelé: 131
• world cup: 140
• goal by sunderland: 157
• goal by nolo: 178
• world cup: 179
• a sport of evasion: 187
• epilogue to the 1999 edition: 211
• epilogue to the 2003 edition: 222

About the author

Eduardo Galeano, born September 3, 1940, in Montevideo, Uruguay, has had a long and active career as a journalist, historian, and political activist. At the age of 13, he began publishing cartoons for the Uruguayan socialist newspaper El Sol. When he was in his early 30s, Galeano was imprisoned during a right-wing military coup and later forced to flee from Uruguay to Argentina. Later, another coup and several death threats forced him to leave Argentina for Spain where he lived in exile until he was permitted to return to Uruguay in 1984. Days and Nights of Love and War resulted from an open conversation with his own memory as he tried to understand what had really happened in his life. He has written numerous books including Football in Sun and Shadow; Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent; Guatemala: Occupied Country; and The Book of Embraces. In 1989, Galeano won the American Book Award for Memory of Fire.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Soccer in Sun and Shadow
• Author: Eduardo Galeano
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Verso, 2003
• ISBN: 1859844235, 9781859844236
• Length: 244 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Cultural & Social Aspects; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports & Recreation / Soccer