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Upside Down : A Primer for the Looking-Glass World by Galeano, Eduardo H.;Posada, José Guadalupe;Fried, Mark is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>From the winner of the first Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom, a bitingly funny, kaleidoscopic vision of the first world through the eyes of the third<br><br>Eduardo Galeano, author of the incomparable Memory of Fire Trilogy, combines a novelist's intensity, a poet's lyricism, a journalist's fearlessness, and the strong judgments of an engaged historian. Now his talents are richly displayed in <i>Upside Down</i>, an eloquent, passionate, sometimes hilarious exposé of our first-world privileges and assumptions. In a series of lesson plans and a "program of study" about our beleaguered planet, Galeano takes the reader on a wild trip through the global looking glass. From a master class in "The Impunity of Power" to a seminar on "The Sacred Car"--with tips along the way on "How to Resist Useless Vices" and a declaration of "The Right to Rave"--he surveys a world unevenly divided between abundance and deprivation, carnival and torture, power and helplessness. We have accepted a reality we should reject, Galeano teaches us, one where machines are more precious than humans, people are hungry, poverty kills, and children toil from dark to dark.<br>A work of fire and charm, <i>Upside D

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Author
Galeano, Eduardo H.;Posada, José Guadalupe;Fried, Mark
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.;Picador
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780805063752
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Social Science, Political Science
Rating
4.33 / 5 (1,267 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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