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Days and nights of love and war is the personal testimony of one of latin americas foremost contemporary political writers. Soccer in sun and shadow by eduardo galeano semantic scholar. Eduardo galeano is one of latin americas most distinguished writers. From a game of attack to a stultifying riskfree sport based on defence, from a spectacle full of characters to a business driven by robotic clones. One of sports illustrateds top 100 sports books of all timea history of soccer that stands out like pele on a field of secondstringers the new yorker. Stories of almost everyone, and children of the days.
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