{"product_id":"9780141975986-children-of-the-days","title":"Children of the Days","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Calendar of Human History\u003cbr\u003eFrom Abdul Kassem Ismail, the tenth-century Persian who never went anywhere without his library, this title takes aim at the pretensions of official history and illuminates moments and heroes that we have all but forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's greatest living writers, author of the \u003ci\u003eMemory of Fire \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, comes \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Days,\u003c\/i\u003e a new kind of history that shows us how to remember and how to live\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is shaped like a calendar. Each day brings with it a story: a journey, feast or tragedy that really happened on that date, from all possible years and all corners of the world. From Abdul Kassem Ismail, the tenth-century Persian who never went anywhere without his library - all seventeen thousand books of it, on four hundred camels; to the Brazilian city of Sorocaba, which on February 8 1980 responded to the outlawing of public kissing by becoming one huge kissodrome; to July 1 2008, the day the US government decided to remove Nelson Mandela's name from its list of dangerous terrorists, \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Days\u003c\/i\u003e takes aim at the pretensions of official history and illuminates moments and heroes that we have all but forgotten. Through this shimmering historical mosaic runs a common thread, one that joins humanity's darkest hours to its sweetest victories. \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Days\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Passionate and humane . so funny and so moving' - Philip Pullman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Galeano performs the sort of extraordinary feats of compassion, artistry, and imagination achieved in fiction by his fellow visionary Latin American writers, especially Borges, García Márquez, and Bolaño' - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEduardo Galeano is one of Latin America's most distinguished writers. He is the author of the three-volume \u003ci\u003eMemory of Fire; Open Veins of Latin America; Soccer in Sun and Shadow; The Book of Embraces; Walking Words; Upside Down; and Voices in Time\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942944845921,"sku":"9780141975986","price":11.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32398282.jpg?v=1737228005","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141975986-children-of-the-days","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}