![]() ![]() At the start of his musings, Galeano introduces us to the basics of the game, running his eye over subjects such as teams, managers, players and the all-important supporters. The book consists of a series of vignettes, most of which run to well under a page. ![]() First appearing in 1995, the book was recently released in an updated edition, extended by twenty pages or so to reflect on developments over the past twenty years, with a few extra comments also scattered throughout the earlier passages. For that reason, he decided to devote time to writing about his love for the game, and Soccer in Sun and Shadow (translated by Mark Fried) is the result. ![]() For that reason, I decided it was my duty to check it out: after UEFA and CONCACAF, then, it’s now CONMEBOL’s turn to talk about the beautiful game □Īuthor Eduardo Galeano is a lifelong football fan, even if (as he makes clear at the start of his book) his ability on the field fell far short of his writing capabilities. Whether readers agreed with or disparaged my views on the works in question ( Football and God is Round), they were keen to point me in the direction of another book, a modern ‘classic’ of football literature from Uruguay. When I reviewed a couple of football-related books earlier this year (while two big tournaments were going on in real life), there was a noticeable trend in comments I received on social media. ![]()
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