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Children of the Days : a Calendar of Human History by Eduardo Galeano; Mark Fried is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Following the dates of the calendar year, Galeano resurrects the heroes and heroines who have fallen off the historical map, but whose lives remind us of our darkest hours and sweetest victories. "Galeano's new book is his richest and most poetic yet, a joyous calendar of the sacred and the damned, a book of inspiration for those fighting tyranny, greed, and amnesia Unfurling like a medieval book of days, each page of Galeano's new work has an illuminating story that takes inspiration from that day of the calendar year. Each entry resurrects the heroes and heroines who have fallen off the historical map, but whose lives remind us of our darkest hours and sweetest victories. Among many others, you will discover the Brazilians who held a "smooch in" to protest a dictatorship that banned kisses that "undermined public morals" and learn of the day Mexico invaded the United States, the "sacrilegious" women who had the effrontery to marry each other in a church in 1901, and Abdul Kassem Ismael, the grand vizier of Persia, who kept books safe from war by creating a walking library, 117,000 books aboard four hundred camels, forming a mile-long caravan. Beautifully translated by Galeano's l

Who reads Children of the Days : a Calendar of Human History?

Author

Eduardo Galeano; Mark Fried

Publisher

Nation Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781568589718

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.15 / 5 (239 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13