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Title: Soccer in Sun and Shadow, New Edition by Eduardo Galeano, Mark Fried, Eduardo H. Galeano ISBN: 1-85984-423-5 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Thoughtful & Lyrical Reader
Comment: This is a thoughtful little soccer history reader by a well-known Uruguayan poet and writer. It's written in tiny little topical chunks covering the history of soccer in roughly chronological order. Starting with the pre-history of soccer it unravels leisurely until at the end there is a small denunciation of the big money interests that have corrupted the game which has a grip on the imaginations of little boys (and now girls) around the world. Scattered throughout are lyrical testimonials to individual performers and goals throughout history. As I read, I kept wishing for an accompanying DVD to show these magical goals, but upon reflection, I realized that what Galeano can paint as magic with words might well fade into banality when subjected to the freeze frame. Even though a lot of the players and matches mentioned will mean little to North American soccer fans, the book is still essential reading for its ability to impart the mystical grip the sport has on much of the globe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetic history of the world's game
Comment: Soccer in Sun and Shadow is a superb book covering the very early days of soccer to modern soccer's start in England to the world game that is played today, and all of it is superb. Even if you are not a huge soccer fan, Galeano's passionate writing will draw you into the fold and make you care for at least as long as the book is open.
Galeano recalls his childhood memories of goals scored and saves missed, the beautiful dance his heroes performed with the ball, and his pride in South American soccer. His writing is sublime and metaphoric, and Galeano never stumbles. By the time he examines the new phase of commercial soccer you'll want to cry at the tainting of a game that is (was?) so pure. The commercialization of soccer will help peolpe from the states relate to the rest of the world: after all, it was just a couple of decades ago when our four major sports were ruined by escalating salaries, corporate involvement and worthless expansion. Galeano wears his heart on his sleeve and creates a wonderful read that anyone, sports fan or not, should enjoy.
Rating: 5
Summary: beautiful, read it non--stop
Comment: I couldn't put the book down, being South American, much English language books are so heavily biased towards european teams and matches. Nothing against them, I love them as well, and who deosn't love a great game anywhere? But it was nice to read about the formation of modern soccer in England done the way only Galeano could. Followed by the entry of soccer in Buenos Aires and Galeano's soccer world from his childhood days in Uruguay.
I guess this defines me well but if I had to take a book to the beach for pleasure reading this would be it, why?
The prose, the language, this is THE guy who you'd want to do match-report, if you were the 'man-of-the-match' in the most important game of your life, why?
Galeano's word choice is like poetry, that only comes when one makes the sweetest kick ever. It definalty is as a magazine reviewer put it, 'like Pele in a field of second-stringers'.
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Title: The Glory Game by Hunter Davies ISBN: 0809293323 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby ISBN: 1573226882 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Miracle of Castel di Sangro : A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy by Joe McGinniss ISBN: 0767905997 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Futebol : Soccer: The Brazilian Way by Alex Bellos ISBN: 1582342873 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The World's Game: A History of Soccer (Illinois History of Sports) by Bill Murray, W. J. Murray ISBN: 0252067185 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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