Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015) was one of Latin America's most distinguished writers. A Uruguayan journalist, writer, and novelist, he was considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's preeminent man of letters." He is the author of the three-volume Memory of Fire, Open Veins of Latin America, Soccer in Sun and Shadow, The Book of Embraces, Walking Words, Upside Down, and Voices in Time. Born in Montevideo in 1940, he lived in exile in Argentina and Spain for years before returning to Uruguay.
His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. He is the recipient of many international prizes, including the first Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom, the Casa de las Americas Prize, and the First Distinguished Citizen of the region by the countries of Mercosur. Galeano once described himself as "a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia." Isabel Allende, who said her copy of Galeano's book was one of the few items with which she fled Chile in 1973 after the military coup of Augusto Pinochet, called Open Veins of Latin America "a mixture of meticulous detail, political conviction, poetic flair, and good storytelling."
"Hunter of Stories is a fitting bookend to Galeano's impressive
literary career and a necessary book for all those who, like the
author, care for the suffering of others and believe in the power
of words to change minds and, perhaps, the world."--World
Literature Today
"[Galeano's] trenchant social critique and playful style suffuse
these posthumously published vignettes: some deeply personal, many
fiercely political, others simply wise and penetrating, and nearly
all humorous, whether satirical or self-mocking... A swan song from
one of Latin America's greatest storytellers, this work is rich
with social conscience, humor, insight, outrage, and love.
Recommended to all."--Library Journal, Starred Review
"A fitting final flourish for a literary giant of the Latin
American left."--Kirkus Reviews
"A highly satisfying final collection of the great Latin American
writer's -signature -vignettes, a swirling mix of history,
philosophy, fable, poetry, -humor, memory and conscience."--Wall
Street Journal
"Arranged with a novelist's gift for narrative sequence, a
journalist's skepticism, and a storyteller's flair for dramatic
tension... Each brief entry provides a snapshot into the rich
imagination of one of the twentieth century's finest writers... A
fitting finale for a lifetime of incisive writing."--Booklist,
Starred Review
"Bittersweet it is to read the final offering of a beloved,
erudite, and wholly gifted author... In his nearly 75 years,
Galeano continually spoke truth to power, yet also fostered beauty
and a stylistic legacy all his own... Hunter of Stories is a
fitting, final work of a man who spent his days (and undoubtedly so
many nights) envisioning a finer world for all." --Jeremy Garber,
Powell's Books
"Galeano was a master of the shattered story. He had a way of
making realism magical without being a magical realist. This book
is yet another demonstration of his brilliance."--Arundhati Roy,
author of The God of Small Things
"Like a magician, combining on the page the arts of reading,
storytelling and civic ethics, Eduardo Galeano conjures up for us
long-forgotten images of our many worlds. If, as we have always
suspected, our geographies spring from our stories, Galeano is our
master geographer."--Alberto Manguel, author of The Dictionary of
Imaginary Places
"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 Review
"Story-hunter and -gatherer Galeano has captured a covey of
extraordinary tales from the wise everybodies of the world and from
his own wise observations. They are medicine for our times-tales to
break our hearts open and restore us our humanity. To experience
them alone is transformational. But to watch them soar to their
full potential, they must be released from captivity and read
aloud."--SandraCisneros, authorof House on Mango Street
"This is Galeano's parting gift, arriving to us, like a message
from another dimension, from beyond the grave. It is more generous,
wise, and wonderful than I dared hope."--Naomi Klein, author of No
Is Not Enough
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