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Galeano started working while he was still a teenager. Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility. The new work, like his monumental trilogy memory of fire, is composed of a sequence of short prose compositionsmost are less than a pagethat form a surprisingly coherent whole. Jul 28, 20 galeanos new children of the days is for those who feel that history has become too much of a burden to bear a collection of inspirational wisdom, its 366 entries, one for each.
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