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- October 18, 2022
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From one of Latin America's most acclaimed writers, a lyrical account of the world's most popular sport. 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. 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. Meanwhile, all the greats―Pelé, Di Stéfano, Cruyff, Eusébio, Puskás, Gullit, Baggio, Beckenbauer, Maradona―have joyous cameos, rendered in a pitch-perfect translation by Mark Fried. Soccer in Sun and Shadow is an exquisite and powerful account of the world’s favorite sport. “A winning celebration of the beautiful game.” ―New York Times Book ReviewNamed one of the Top 100 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated Read more
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| Publisher | Bold Type Books |
|---|---|
| Publication date | October 18, 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 320 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1645030377 |
| ISBN-13 | 79 |
| Item Weight | 10.2 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches |
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excellent view of football from famous Uruguayan writer
Eduardo Galeano is a renowned author in Uruguay and across South America is well known. He is also a life-long football fan. This little volume does not pose as an encyclopedic history of soccer (for that, see the outstanding history of football, 'The Ball is Round'), so do not expect such. If you just begin reading, without pre-existing assumptions, I think you will be entertained, enlightened, and find something to enjoy on almost ever page. Written in the form of a collection of very short essays, running from half a page to two or three pages each, this volume covers a range of topics and moments in football that have significance to the author. Not every side or famous figure or aspect of the world's favorite sport is presented, but every essay presents something interesting. I have had previous editions and re-read it before every world cup, having read it perhaps five or six times now. And I still enjoy it each time. Some of his wriitng is exaggerated--the author is, after all, a poet--but his pure passion for the sport and its magic moments, and greatest players, shines through in every essay. I think any reader can enjoy this book, even someone with little former exporsure ot football. However, some individuals, whose political ideas lean to the right, may be turned off by the author's obvious leftist slant on world affairs. My advice: get over it! Put it aside! This is one man's passionate, poetic history of the game he loves more than any other, and is well worth reading despite of, or perhaps even more so, because of the way he involves his own passions in the pages here. Highly recommended. Jeff Tucker.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2014 by J. Tucker
Soccer for the novice/Dummies.
Format: Paperback
Perfect book for the novice/wannabe soccer fan. Gave me perfect understanding of the game; strategies; players, positions and job descriptions; detailed rules of the game. A great study tool!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2026 by MR. BIG RED
A fun read
This is a wonderful book, really just a series of vignettes, all varying in readability; some breathtaking, some mundane. Geleano has a clear passion for the beautiful game, and this comes through in certain lyrical passages. My personal favorite –the one that stands out most in my memory – is the vignette about referees. Furthermore, Geleano communicates a not so subtle political viewpoint in each and every preface to his description of the world cups (He covers all of them until 2010) which turn out to be (the descriptions) quite snarky and entertaining. This book has gotten a place on my top shelf for its attempt to put into words what we all feel when we watch this game while rooting for club or country, and also because he doesn't shy away from taking some justified jabs at some pretty large organizations (looking at you, FIFA) along the way.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2014 by Matthew Harris
Beautiful
Format: Kindle
This is an unabashed tribute to the beautiful game. The short chapters wonderfully described players and goals of history. As well there is an underlying political statement of the left which is well stated using futbol as a prime example. As a leftist futbol lover I found this lovingly written book very enjoyable.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2015 by Johnnbg13
The Culture of "Futbol"
The two most talked about topics in the world are the weather and soccer/football. Galeano's lyrical style of writing bites and pulls on heartstrings. He is realistic about the state of soccer today (and of the soccer of his own country, Uruguay, diminished after the early-years domination of the sport) and does not pretend to be an expert. In is first anecdote, "Confession of the Author," he writes that he is a "poor beggar for good football" and "for the love of God, let there be a phenomenal play." He tells stories about great soccer players and the influences they have had on world culture. He makes you double over with laughter and pinches you hard with irony. Galeano has a very singular gift and if you should be looking for a magical look at a sometimes brutal sport, this Uruguayan writer deserves to be read.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2002 by Tauromaja
rhythmic, lyrical prose reflecting on the beautiful game, filled with politics, sold at an outrageous price.
The cover reads "[a] beautiful ode to the beautiful game" by Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated. It is lyrical and it has a cadence that is both filled with love and spewing venom at the state of things. Galeano uses this rhythm to touch on some heavy topics- Latin America and its state of neb-colonization, the effects of gloabalization, but not just on the affairs of people, things, finance, and ideas, but more pointedly on the Beautiful Game. All the while well informed sources in Miami were announcing the imminent fall of Fidel Castro, it was only a matter of hours according to Galeano. The two things that I was really disappointed about with this book was 1) the price; and 2) the amount of pages. The book has 297 pages when it could be printed in 150 pages maximum. It contains pages that have one paragraph with a image from Word 97 pasted randomly on its margins or center. This makes the book fairly childish, I had this guilty feel that i was in middle school and sneaking into my bed with a headlight to read it late into the night. Also, because of the wasted pages and the font size, charging 10 bucks or more for this book is unconscionable.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2015 by Aidan
Goooooooaaaaalllllll!
I love this book. I've just gone off on a toot with football books after having read Franklin Foer's pretty good recent book, How Soccer Explains the World. Like Foer, I'm a norteno, relatively new to the beautiful game. I latched on to the Clockwork Orange during the 1974 World Cup because I couldn't have the experience of a home team to go nuts about. But I did get the point of the beautiful game. I played a little, gawked at the Cosmos, etc. Well Galeano has it all. Better than Foer, he is borne to the lunacy of football while at the same time being able to express what it's about with elegant language and insight. Read this book when you can't watch a gme on TV. Get ready for a trip with this book. Read it for insight into the craziness of your friends. Know the joy of the wonderful game with penetrating intelligence about its future. Bravissimo!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2004 by K. Donow
Great read
This book uses language to express the beauty of soccer from its inception. With humor and metaphor the author tells the big stories as well as the small ones throughout the times. Towards the end he condemns soccer for what it's become with a heavy socialist point of view which can become grating, but overall very entertaining.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2013 by Big Meeze