CSPAN2 Book TV August 31, 2013
Thank you very much for that lovely introduction. I suspect all of you know this but ladies and gentlemen, tonight you will be in the presence of a literary giant. Among latin american giants, Gabriel Marquez is known for mesmerizing, others educate, and captivate, and then there is Eduardo Galeano. Truth teller, galvanize her, firebrand, a writer who tells us about history, that those who inhabit the corridors of power dont want us to know more truly understand. Eduardo galeano was born a commentator, it seems. By the time he was 14 he was publishing cartoons in newspapers. By 20 he was the e...