'He has more first-hand knowledge of Latin America than anybody else I can think of, and uses it to tell the world of the dreams and disillusions, the hopes and failures of its people... Galeano denounces exploitation with uncompromising ferocity, yet this book is almost poetic in its description of solidarity and human capacity for survival in the midst of the worst kind of despoliation' -Isabel Allende

'This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history'

-Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela

'I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano's vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane... Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household name'

-Arundhati Roy

A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive exposé which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read. - Choice

Well written and passionately stated, this is an intellectually honest and valuable study. - Library Journal

A dazzling barrage of words and ideas. - History

愛德華多·加萊亞諾(Eduardo Hughes Galeano)，男，1940年生，烏拉圭記者、作傢和小說傢，生於濛得維的亞，14歲時創作的政治漫畫被報刊采用，先後擔任過周刊、日報的記者、編輯、主編。1973年烏拉圭發生軍事政變後入獄。曾流亡12年並被列入阿根廷軍事政權的死亡名單。其作品已被翻譯為超過20種語言。著有《火的記憶》（1986）和《拉丁美洲被切開的血管》（1971）。2010年榮獲斯蒂格·達格曼奬。