Book Description
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 Upside Down, an eloquent, passionate, sometimes
hilarious expos 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.
A work of fire and charm, Upside Down makes us see the world anew and even glimpse how it
might be set right.
About the Author
Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's most distinguished writers, journalists, and historians, is
the author of the Memory of Fire trilogy (winner of the 1989 American Book Award), Open Veins
of Latin America, and many other works. He lives in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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