El libro de los abrazos

Eduardo Galeano's book is a collection of short vignettes, many only a paragraph long, which mix memories, history, myths, and stories about people he met. They include accounts of embraces in the street, of political prisoners, of soccer, of dreams and of the injustices of Latin America. Galeano's tone moves between tenderness and anger, and he finds poetry in small incidents. The book is arranged with illustrations by the author.

It suits readers who like short pieces that can be read at random, and anyone who wants to get to know Galeano's political and poetic voice before approaching his longer books like Open Veins of Latin America.

Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

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