Mirrors do not resemble a history for the world

Edurado Galiano rehashes in his book "Mirrors" the history of human civilization in his own way, condensing what he finds intriguing, humorous, and worthy of interest through concise, well-structured passages that give the reader the opportunity to connect with the events and facts as if history is reborn before them. The author relies on a chronological path in narrating a history built on bitter paradoxes, stopping at cities, personalities, events, and inventions that marked significant milestones in human history. Thus, we see him moving lightly between various topics; such as female circumcision, silkworm, beer, Santa Claus, tango, and torture tools of the Inquisition. But through the illusion of distraction, he makes history somehow more logical and filled with bitter sarcasm, with a very selective and completely free approach that Galiano chooses based on his extensive knowledge, highlighting points that seemed pivotal in humanity’s journey, especially forgotten events or people ignored by mainstream history and intended to erase or remove them from collective memory, as if he is telling the world: "Look at your true face reflected in a mirror." Number of pages: 512 Year of publication: 2023 Publisher: Gaf Publications for Publishing and Distribution