“Bugs, Tears and Smiles” is a book written by Federico Pogoriles that covers everything from the history of Argentinos Juniors to the feelings of fans.
Argentinos Juniors turned 120 years old in August and has a new book: “Bugs, tears and smiles”by Editorial Dunken, is a roadmap to understand the feeling for the club, how it was born, how it fought and survived various adversities, and how it nevertheless reached the top of American soccer.
The book also reviews how it managed to become the elite neighborhood club that it is today and that makes its fans proud. There are anecdotes, legends, stories and myths that have been passed down from generation to generation, from its origins in 1904 to the present day, recounted over the last ten years by former leaders, former players, members, fans, historians and the pen of members, fans and writers. Federico Pogoriles put into context in this book, in a register that combines the literary with the journalistic and the historical.
From the founding martyrs, the journey through the different pastures, the near disappearance in the thirties, the Phoenix Don Gastón, the spoils in the offices of power, the rise of 55, the great team of 60, the economic hardships, Diego the extraterrestrial, the heroic saves, the glorious hour of the championships and the famous final in Japan, the uprooting and the return to the neighborhood, up to the present day.
“Bugs, Tears and Smiles” invites us to laugh, cry and get excited, through thirty-three stories of peripheral and not so peripheral characters, to all those for whom Argentinos Juniors, in addition to being a football club, constitutes a way of rescuing the love for the beautiful things in life, such as generosity, simplicity, the value of friendship and the joy of living and playing football.
The book, which included the participation of historian Javier Roimiser and the support of writer Ariel Scher, is now available on the free market and in the stores of *@aaajoficial* and also from *Editorial Dunken*.
Source: Ambito
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