Faces and Masks: Memory of Fire, Volume 2 (Volume 2) (Memory of Fire, 2) Paperback – August 24, 2010

This book provides such a wonderful glimpse into Latin American life. I loved learning about the history of Latin America through the ancient accounts from the Mayans and Aztecs of creation stories to stories about conquest. This book is a great companion to a regular history book about Latin America and its European conquest.

This well documented 2nd volume of history of Latin America (I have read Part 1)picks up where the first story ends. Powerful and compelling. Each short section fits together with the whole to tell the story of contact in precise detail. I was not aware of the long-term, never ending stuggle by the underclass which continues to today. (Currently reading part 3). Highly recommend for anyone interested in Latin America.

One of the most important works of history in the last 50 years. An absolutely unique way of telling history, a way that humbles the reader.

Eduardo Galeano has been telling the real stories of the western world for a long time to wake Latin world up. Memory of Fire trilogy is one of the best eye opener book, I ever read

I must have enjoyed it - but at my age, I can't remember reading it!

It's worth a read. The entire trilogy. Expand your boundaries and histories. It's a fantastic anthology of stories Galeano artfully edits and makes his own.

College course requirement

Part of a trilogy see the review of the last volume, "Century of Wind". This is an amazing work and a place to discover new territory.