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Football in Sun and Shadow

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Football in Sun and Shadow

By Eduardo Galeano

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About the book

'Football is a pleasure that hurts'This unashamedly emotional history of football is a homage to the romance and drama, spectacle and passion of a 'great pagan mass'. Through stories of superstition, heartbreak, tragedy, luck, heroes and villains, those who lived for football and those who died for it, Eduardo Galeano celebrates the glory of a game that - however much the rich and powerful try to control it - still retains its magic.'The Uruguayan whose writing got right to the heart of football...Show more

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ISBN

9780241355350

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Football in Sun and Shadow

Format

Paperback

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