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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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Description: 255 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 1632060582; 9781632060587Subject(s): Soccer | Soccer -- HistoryDDC classification: 796.334 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."
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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."
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