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The book of embraces / images and text by Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage with Mark Schafer

By:

Galeano, Eduardo H, (1940-2015)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton , 1992, c1991.Description: 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780393308556

Uniform titles:

Libro de los abrazos . English

Subject(s):

South America -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

Autobiographical fiction

DDC classification:

LAS 868 GAL

LOC classification:

PQ8520.17.A4 L513 1991

Summary: This literary scrapbook, mixing memoir, documentary, essay, and prose poem, defies clear-cut genre classification. Journalist/writer Galeano, who claims he writes for the downtrodden, infuses the people and subjects dear to him with his socialist viewpoint and ironic poignancy, typified by such pieces as ``Christmas Eve'' and ``Paradoxes.''

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 868 GAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		015862

Translation of: El libro de los abrazos.

Includes index

This literary scrapbook, mixing memoir, documentary, essay, and prose poem, defies clear-cut genre classification. Journalist/writer Galeano, who claims he writes for the downtrodden, infuses the people and subjects dear to him with his socialist viewpoint and ironic poignancy, typified by such pieces as ``Christmas Eve'' and ``Paradoxes.''

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