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Soccer in sun and shadow / Eduardo Galeano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-2015.
- Standardized Title:
- Fútbol a sol y sombra. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Soccer--History.
- Soccer.
- History.
- Soccer--Anecdotes.
- Soccer--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nation Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- "In this witty and rebellious history of world soccer, award-winning writer Eduardo Galeano searches for the styles of play, players, and goals that express the unique personality of certain times and places. In Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Galeano takes us to ancient China, where engravings from the Ming period show a ball that could have been designed by Adidas to Victorian England, where gentlemen codified the rules that we still play by today and to Latin America, where the "crazy English" spread the game only to find it creolized by the locals. All the greats-Pele;, Di Ste;fano, Cruyff, Euse;bio, Pusk, Gullit, Baggio, Beckenbauer- have joyous cameos in this book. yet soccer, Galeano cautions, "is a pleasure that hurts." Thus there is also heartbreak and madness. Galeano tells of the suicide of Uruguayan player Porte, who shot himself in the center circle of the Nacional's stadium; of the Argentine manager who wouldn't let his team eat chicken because it would bring bad luck; and of scandal-riven Diego Maradona whose real crime, Galeano suggests, was always "the sin of being the best." Soccer is a game that bureaucrats try to dull and the powerful try to manipulate, but it retains its magic because it remains a bewitching game-"a feast for the eyes... and a joy for the body that plays it"-exquisitely rendered in the magical stories of Soccer in Sun and Shadow"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Author's Confession 1
- Soccer 2
- The Player 3
- The Goalkeeper 4
- The Idol 5
- The Fan 7
- The Fanatic 8
- The Goal 9
- The Referee 10
- The Manager 12
- The Theater 14
- The Specialists 16
- The Language of Soccer Doctors 17
- Choreographed War 18
- The Language of War 19
- The Stadium 20
- The Ball 21
- The Origins 25
- The Rules of the Game 28
- The English Invasions 31
- Creole Soccer 33
- The Story of Fla and Flu 35
- The Opiate of the People? 36
- A Rolling Flag 38
- Blacks 42
- Zamora 43
- Samitier 45
- Death on the Field 46
- Friedenreich 47
- From Mutilation to Splendor 48
- The Second Discovery of America 50
- Andrade 53
- Ringlets 54
- The Olympic Goal 55
- Goal by Piendibene 56
- The Bicycle Kick 57
- Scarone 58
- Goal by Scarone 59
- The Occult Forces 60
- Goal by Nolo 61
- The 1930 World Cup 62
- Nasazzi 65
- Camus 66
- Juggernauts 67
- Turning Pro 68
- The 1934 World Cup 69
- God and the Devil in Rio de Janeiro 71
- The Sources of Misfortune 73
- Amulets and Spells 74
- Erico 76
- The 1938 World Cup 77
- Goal by Meazza 80
- Leônidas 81
- Domingos 82
- Domingos and She 83
- Goal by Atilio 84
- The Perfect Kiss Would Like to Be Unique 85
- The Machine 86
- Moreno 87
- Pedernera 89
- Goal by Severino 90
- Bombs 91
- The Man Who Turned Iron into Wind 92
- Contact Therapy 93
- Goal by Martino 95
- Goal by Heleno 96
- The 1950 World Cup 97
- Obdulio 100
- Barbosa 101
- Goal by Zarra 102
- Goal by Zizinho 103
- The Fun Lovers 104
- The 1954 World Cup 105
- Goal by Rahn 107
- Walking Advertisements 108
- Goal by Di Stéfano 111
- Di Stéfano 112
- Goal by Garrincha 113
- The 1958 World Cup 114
- Goal by Nilton 117
- Garrincha 118
- Didi 120
- Didi and She 121
- Kopa 122
- Carrizo 123
- Shirt Fever 124
- Goal by Puskás 128
- Goal by Sanfilippo 129
- The 1962 World Cup 130
- Goal by Charlton 133
- Yashin 134
- Goal by Gento 135
- Seeler 136
- Matthews 137
- The 1966 World Cup 138
- Greaves 141
- Goal by Beckenbauer 142
- Eusebio 143
- The Curse of the Posts 144
- Peñarol's Glory Years 146
- Goal by Rocha 147
- My Poor Beloved Mother 148
- Tears Do Not Flow from a Handkerchief 149
- Goal by Pelé 151
- Pelé 152
- The 1970 World Cup 153
- Goal by Jairzinho 155
- The Fiesta 156
- Soccer and the Generals 158
- Don't Blink 159
- Goal by Maradona 160
- The 1974 World Cup 161
- Cruyff 164
- Müller 165
- Havelange 166
- The Owners of the Ball 168
- Jesus 173
- The 1978 World Cup 174
- Happiness 177
- Goal by Gemmill 179
- Goal by Bettega 180
- Goal by Sunderland 181
- The 1982 World Cup 182
- Pears from an Elm 185
- Platini 187
- Pagan Sacrifices 188
- The 1986 World Cup 192
- The Telecracy 195
- Staid and Standardized 198
- Running Drugstores 200
- Chants of Scorn 201
- Anything Goes 203
- Indigestion 207
- The 1990 World Cup 208
- Goal by Rincón 210
- Hugo Sánchez 211
- The Cricket and the Ant 213
- Gullit 214
- Parricide 216
- Goal by Zico 217
- A Sport of Evasion 218
- The 1994 World Cup 222
- Romário 225
- Baggio 226
- A Few Numbers 227
- The Duty of Losing 229
- The Sin of Losing 230
- Maradona 232
- They Don't Count 237
- An Export Industry 239
- The End of the Match 242
- Extra Time: The 1998 World Cup 245
- The 2002 World Cup 253
- The 2006 World Cup 258
- The 2010 World Cup 263.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781568584942
- 1568584946
- OCLC:
- 826685354
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