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Ernesto Guevara: Tambien Conocido Como El Che

Name: Ernesto Guevara: Tambien Conocido Como El Che
Author: Paco Ignacio Taibo
ISBN: 9789682706844

by Paco Ignacio Taibo

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Overview

Taibo, whose extensive contacts within Latin American political activism have given him unprecedented access to hitherto untapped sources, probes Che Guevara's life with a storyteller's pen and an historian's judgment, investigating the mystery and myth surrounding Che's life, careers, and ideals.

"Although passable as a literary work and perhaps entertaining, cannot be compared to recent biographies by Anderson (item #bi 97013299#) and Castaäneda (item #bi 97015399#)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Synopsis

Che Guevara, the preeminent Latin-American revolutionary of the late twentieth century, was the symbol of radical egalitarianism and the war against social injustice. Gunned down in the jungles of southeastern Bolivia in 1967, his death is surrounded by questions that remain unanswered. Paco Ignacio Taibo II probes Che's life with a storyteller's pen and an historian's judgment, delving into the mystery and myth surrounding Che's life, careers, and ideals. Taibo has access to archives open to few researchers, and he has reached a range of insiders who worked with, and fought beside, Che during the time of his revolutionary activity in Mexico, Cuba, Africa, and South America. Also at Taibo's unique disposal is a previously unknown manuscript written by Che Guevara himself, describing his experiences in the Congo during the "missing year" in his life. Finally, Taibo offers up a solution to the mystery of Che's final days and death.