The second volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, Faces and Masks is an astonishing Latin American-eye view of the New World in the making. Here is the tangled, cataclysmic history of our hemisphere from the 1700s up to the dawn of our present century, told through characters as resonant and compelling as Simon Bolívar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, and Billy the Kid. With its brilliant and imaginative blend of journalism, scholarship, and political passion, Faces and Masks is a panoramic interpretation of the Americas no work of history has previously imagined.
The second volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, Faces and Masks is an astonishing Latin American-eye view of the New World in the making. Here is the tangled, cataclysmic history of our hemisphere from the 1700s up to the dawn of our present century, told through characters as resonant and compelling as Simon Bolívar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, and Billy the Kid. With its brilliant and imaginative blend of journalism, scholarship, and political passion, Faces and Masks is a panoramic interpretation of the Americas no work of history has previously imagined.
Faces and Masks (Memory of Fire Trilogy #2)
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Faces and Masks (Memory of Fire Trilogy #2)
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| ISBN-13: | 9781568584454 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Nation Books |
| Publication date: | 08/24/2010 |
| Series: | Memory of Fire Trilogy Series , #2 |
| Edition description: | Reprint |
| Pages: | 312 |
| Sales rank: | 211,642 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.87(d) |
| Age Range: | 13 - 18 Years |
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