The Motorcycle Diaries
2009
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Unabridged edition
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-728539-6 (ISBN)
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-728539-6 (ISBN)
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Che Guevara’s riotous diaries charting his motorcycle odyssey from Argentina through Chile and Peru ending finally in Venezuela.
In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on 'La Poderosa', the Powerful One: a 500cc Norton. One of them was the twenty-three-year-old Che Guevara.
Written eight years before the Cuban Revolution, these are Che's diaries – full of disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy and laddish improvisations. During his travels through Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela, Che's main concerns are where the next drink is coming from, where the next bed is to be found and who might be around to share it. Che becomes a stowaway, a fireman and a football coach; he sometimes falls in love and frequently falls off the motorbike.
Within a decade the whole world would know his name. His trip might have been an adventure of a lifetime – had his lifetime not turned into a much greater adventure..
In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on 'La Poderosa', the Powerful One: a 500cc Norton. One of them was the twenty-three-year-old Che Guevara.
Written eight years before the Cuban Revolution, these are Che's diaries – full of disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy and laddish improvisations. During his travels through Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela, Che's main concerns are where the next drink is coming from, where the next bed is to be found and who might be around to share it. Che becomes a stowaway, a fireman and a football coach; he sometimes falls in love and frequently falls off the motorbike.
Within a decade the whole world would know his name. His trip might have been an adventure of a lifetime – had his lifetime not turned into a much greater adventure..
Ernesto Che Guevara was born in Argentina in 1928. After fighting alongside Fidel Castro in the three-year guerilla war in Cuba, he became Minister for Industry following the victory of the Cuban revolution. In 1966 he established a guerilla base in Bolivia. He was captured and killed in 1967. Ann Wright, the translator, has a doctorate in Cuban history and lived and worked in Argentina for six years.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.1.2009 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Alexandra Keeble |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 142 mm |
| Gewicht | 163 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-728539-6 / 0007285396 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-728539-6 / 9780007285396 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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