Publisher Description
The internationally acclaimed last work by the legendary Latin American writer
Master storyteller Eduardo Galeano was unique among his contemporaries (Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa among them) for his commitment to retelling our many histories, including the stories of those who were disenfranchised. A philosopher poet, his nonfiction is infused with such passion and imagination that it matches the intensity and the appeal of Latin America’s very best fiction.
Comprised of all new material, published here for the first time in a wonderful English translation by longtime collaborator Mark Fried, Hunter of Stories is a deeply considered collection of Galeano’s final musings and stories on history, memory, humor, and tragedy. Written in his signature style — vignettes that fluidly combine dialogue, fables, and anecdotes — every page displays the original thinking and compassion that has earned Galeano decades and continents of renown.
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Meticulously
sculpted…with the lively and inimitable voice of a passionate rebel and
storyteller… With a keen sense for ironic reversals and equal measures of sly
humor, empathy, anguish, and hope, this compendium of bite-size stories of
resistance (elegantly translated by longtime collaborator Fried) is a worthy
addition to the celebrated oeuvre of a writer who remains a towering figure
both as an artist and a voice of conscience across Latin America and the
world.—
Publisher’s Weekly, Starred ReviewÂ
