Memory of Fire: Genesis

"This remarkable book shows an entirely new direction to all the good writing that has been coming out of Latin America.  By taking vital parts out of everything that has been written on the discovery and settlement of America, both north and south, and arranging them in a kind of verbal collage, Galeano has produced something that defies classification into a genre.  It is creation by re-creation, much in the way that Homer and other traditions come down to us."