Eugene Genovese, the once radical American historian died a conservative. Age catches up with everyone, and people mellow with age, it would seem, even the most radical amongst them. The other day Eduardo Galeano claimed that his best known work was written in ignorance. He found now its prose overly sentimental, and its content too radical. Disappointing to see someone like him disown his past. But his works will endure, and continue to inspire millions in their quest for a better tomorrow. This is him in the concluding passage of Mirrors : The twentieth century, which was born proclaiming peace and justice, died bathed in blood. It passed on a world much more unjust than the one it inherited. The twenty-first century, which also arrived heralding peace and justice, is following in its predecessors footsteps. In my childhood, I was convinced that everything that went astray on earth ended up on the moon. But the astronauts found no sign of dangerous dreams or broken promises or hopes betrayed. If not on the moon, where might they be? Perhaps they were never misplaced. Perhaps they are in hiding here on earth. Waiting.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:11:49 +0000
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