--- product_id: 13932351 title: "Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone" brand: "eduardo galeano" price: "121.92 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13932351-mirrors-stories-of-almost-everyone store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone **Brand:** eduardo galeano **Price:** 121.92 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by eduardo galeano - **How much does it cost?** 121.92 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13932351-mirrors-stories-of-almost-everyone) ## Best For - eduardo galeano enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted eduardo galeano brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone ## Images ![Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Ybe7NxJ9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars History In The Eyes Of The Dispossessed *by J***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2009* The old adage that history is written by the winners does not apply to Eduardo Galeano's Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone. In this book of short vignettes, some only a few sentences and none longer than a page, Galeano traces the world's history from the first hunter gatherers to the dawn of the twenty-first century through the eyes of slaves, women, colonized natives, defeated rebels, and other powerless people. Galeano illuminates patterns and themes and by careful juxtaposition and commentary draws parallels between events in the distant past and in more modern times. He has a fine gift for irony, and uses it skillfully. He is one of Latin America's most acclaimed writers, and naturally much of his book concentrates on that region, but other areas are also given coverage.Naturally the politics behind Mirrors are left wing, but Galeano displays as much contempt for Lenin, Stalin, and Mao as he does for Hitler, Franco, and various Spanish and Portuguese kings. Several of his vignettes describe the early years of the Cuban Revolution, with kind words for Fidel and especially Che, but I was surprised to find not a single word about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Galeano's primary focus is to detail the effects of power upon the powerless, of imperialism, colonialism, industrialization, free trade, and globalization and their impacts on the poorer peoples and regions.This is not a comfortable book to read, especially for Westerners, but it illuminates a point of view many who live in the wealthy developed regions can find difficult to comprehend. Countering arguments can and should be made to some of Galeano's points, but before those arguments can have any force the other side needs to be recognized, and the peoples and countries whose labor and resources have supported the developed world for centuries need to be heard at long last. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Important work of history *by S***H on Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2021* By far one of the best history books I’ve read. I love Galeano’s unique style and his narrative voice. Profound and eye-opening view of humanity. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Ultimately Rewarding *by L***G on Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2014* "Mirrors" was a difficult reading experience for me. The negativity and disappointment was overwhelming. I too often look at the world's brutality, the stunning ignorance and vacuum of values that makes people hurt each other rather than help each other, like there is really something to gain by exercising unjust power and manipulating the machinery of control. Frequently, I did not want to pick up the book again. When I got to the portion of the book about Jesus, I almost stopped. Galeano misses most of the gospel and focuses on the political ramifications and atrocities many of Jesus' so-called followers have committed in His name. It makes me think of this quote from The Urantia Book (p. 1720), "...a much better civilization could have been built upon his teachings, and sometime will be. This world has never seriously tried to carry out the teachings of Jesus on a large scale, notwithstanding that halfhearted attempts have often been made to follow the doctrines of so-called Christianity."That said, I'm glad I kept on to the end. I had found this book at a friend's house in a stack of books in the bathroom. I thought it was a book of short stories in the brief time I paged through it. So much of the text is difficult like "Women Possessed" (pp. 148-149), "The bedeviled woman swore, howled, bit, shrieked insults in the tongues of hell, and with loud laughter tore off her clothes and proffered her naughty parts." Galeano shows the great injustices with simple snippets like these. Women, the poor, the powerless, the misunderstood, the geniuses, the disabled, the dispossessed all find a champion in Galeano. While difficult, it is ultimately a rewarding reading experience. I appreciated the scope of his study. 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