Memoria del Fuego: Los Nacimientos (Series #01) (Paperback)

from jveezer

When I was a young reader, somewhere between 12 and 15 years old, I read Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway. I was enamored with mythology and epics and Vikings and the sources of Tolkien's Middle Earth. The Heimskringla certainly satisfied my cravings for those thing...

from FPdC

In the beginning of the third volume of this work the author himself states that he ignores to what genre the book belongs: narrative, essay, epic poetry, cronicle, testimony... maybe all of them, maybe none. Indeed, if one's objective is to pigeonhole this work, he or she is most likely at a los...

from dryfly

The first in a three-part series, this book is absolutely lovely. Galeano is able to paint a vivid picture of both tragedy and beauty in an enticing fasion. I read the other two books and they are also highly recommended.

from Kristelh

Completed book one of Memory of Fire by Galeano. A history of Americas from early beginnings of the indigenous people up to the beginning of the 1700s. History with commentary, written with perspective of the people makes it a living history story.

from jveezer

When I was a young reader, somewhere between 12 and 15 years old, I read Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway. I was enamored with mythology and epics and Vikings and the sources of Tolkien's Middle Earth. The Heimskringla certainly satisfied my cravings for those thing...