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Memory of Fire Trilogy #03: Century of the Wind

by Eduardo H. Galeano

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Dizzying, enraging, and beautifully written, the third volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, CENTURY OF THE WIND serves up the turbulent 20th century's worth of U.S.-Latin American relations, from the bucolic New Jersey laboratory of Thomas Alva Edison to the armies of Emiliano Zapata and Fidel Castro to the Reagan-era CIA "neutralizations" in the forests of Central America.
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1. Genesis — 2. Faces and masks — Century of the wind.
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one of the best books i've ever found. i love this book. history as poetry. tears at the heart. truly creative. paints a thousand pictures.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393318074
Translator:
Belfrage, Cedric
Author:
Belfrage, Cedric
Author:
Galeano, Eduardo H.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
America
Subject:
South American
Subject:
Latin america
Subject:
America History Anecdotes.
Subject:
Latin America - General
Subject:
Latin America History.
Subject:
America History.
Copyright:
c198
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Series:
Memory of Fire Trilogy
Series Volume:
03
Publication Date:
June 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
315
Dimensions:
8.13x5.44x.89 in. .83 lbs.
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