Bibliograph

God is round, tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead

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Label

God is round, tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game, Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

God is round

Oclc number

918284832

Responsibility statement

Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead

Sub title

tackling the giants, villains, triumphs, and scandals of the world's favorite game

Summary

What was the greatest goal of all time? Why do the Hungarians have a more philosophical sense of defeat than the Mexicans? Do the dead play soccer? On a planet where FIFA has more members than the United Nations, Juan Villoro's examination of soccer and its 3.5 billion-person fandom has stakes beyond those of such playful questions. Soccer is more than just a game; it is a catalyst for panglobal unity and even, Villoro suggests, the "recovery of childhood."

Table Of Contents

Onetti the ticket vendor -- Winter champion: fandom in the first person -- The final passion -- When a goal is more than a goal -- The football and the head -- The peculiarity of being two-legged -- The deaths of others -- Magic number 10 -- Diego Armando Maradona: life, death, resurrection, and a little more besides -- Ronaldo: the way of all flesh -- A diatribe against Cristiano Ronaldo -- Lionel Messi: childhood prefigurations -- Blood on the terraces: violence in the business of FIFA

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