1. 9 Jun  108 notes

    nprbooks: “ The World Cup starts this week! To get in the futbol spirit, author Dave Zirin recommends Eduardo Galeano’s Soccer in Sun and Shadow, which he calls “the most lyrical sports book ever written.” Zirin writes: “ In just about 300 pages,...

    nprbooks:

    The World Cup starts this week! To get in the futbol spirit, author Dave Zirin recommends Eduardo Galeano’s Soccer in Sun and Shadow, which he calls “the most lyrical sports book ever written.” Zirin writes:

    In just about 300 pages, [Galeano] attempts nothing less than an exposition of the entire cultural history of soccer. No chapter is more than a few pages; some merit only a paragraph. Yet all are evocative, with words woven to create a mood as thrilling as watching the World Cup in a packed pub.

     
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