Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano

Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano

Galeano, better known for Open Veins of Latin America, wrote this history of football as a series of short, lyrical vignettes — famous goals, corrupt federations, working-class origins, and the game's slow capture by television money and political spectacle.

He writes as an unabashed fan first and a critic second, mourning what commercialisation has done to a sport he loves while still finding wonder in individual moments of skill across a century of World Cups. Each vignette can be read alone, making the book as suited to dipping into as reading straight through.

A beloved literary history of football, from one of Latin America's great essayists.

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