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Synopsis
The unofficial history of the world seen--and mirrored to us--through the eyes and voices of history's unseen, unheard, and forgotten, over 5000 years of history.
| Size | | Length: | 391 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Galeano's stories register the imaginations of our mythmaking species, the elaborate gestures of...forms of power and the spirit of rebellion and resilience that fires the underdog masses." (starred review)
(04/13/2009)
"It's often said that history is written by the victors, but Galeano has been documenting the losing side...for decades. Neither weary nor desperate, these tales have a tinge of hope. He concentrates on those who rose up and resisted, and he delights in their victories, no matter how small....MIRRORS is best read in fragments. Skip around, read one tiny story here, another a few pages later, and allow the tales to swim around your head a while and see if they change the way you see the world."
(07/14/2009)
"MIRRORS...create[s] nothing less than a capsule history of the human race....[Galeano's] powerful voice reminds us...of the responsibility of writers to be constantly in search of new forms of expression that may draw us out of our complacency, as he does so eloquently here....[H]e succeeds in capturing the bottomless horror of the state's capacity to inflict pain on the individual, offering as effective an act of political dissent as exists anywhere in contemporary literature."
(08/23/2009)
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