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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

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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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