Synopses & Reviews
Cuando llegooacute; el momento en que fue muerto en las selvas de Bolivia, donde su cuerpo fue exhibido como un Cristo destronado, Ernesto "Che Guevara se habiiacute;a convertido ensinooacute;nimo de revolucion en todas partes desde Cuba hasta los terrenos universitarios de los Estados Unidos. Esta biografiiacute;a extraordinaria por uno de los maaacute;s prominentes analistaspoliiacute;ticos de Latinoameeacute;rica revela la leyenda del Che Guevara para mostrar el carismaaacute;tico e inquieto hombre detras de ella.
Tomando de los archivos de tres continentesy de entrevistas con la familia y asociados de Guevara, Jorge Castanntilde;eda sigue al Che desde su ninez en la clase media argentina hasta los anos de peregrinaje que lo hicieron un revolucionariodedicado. Castanntilde;eda examina las complejas relaciones entre Guevara y Fidel Castro, quien lo hizo su mano derecha auuacute;n cuando el Che se convirtiooacute; en la conciencia poliiacute;tica de Fidel. YCastanntilde;eda analiza las fallas de caraaacute;cter que forzaron al Che a irse de Cuba y dar sus energias y, finalmente, su vida a aventuras quijotescas en el Congo y Bolivia. Una obra maestra de erudiciooacute;ny simpatiiacute;a literaria, Companntilde;ero es el retrato definitivo de una figura que continua fascinando e inspirando a gentes del mundo entero.
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Synopsis
By the time he was killed in the jungles of Bolivia, where his body was displayed like a deposed Christ, Ernesto "Che" Guevara had become a synonym for revolution everywhere from Cuba to the barricades of Paris. This extraordinary biography peels aside the veil of the Guevara legend to reveal the charismatic, restless man behind it.
Drawing on archival materials from three continents and on interviews with Guevara's family and associates, Castaneda follows Che from his childhood in the Argentine middle class through the years of pilgrimage that turned him into a committed revolutionary. He examines Guevara's complex relationship with Fidel Castro, and analyzes the flaws of character that compelled him to leave Cuba and expend his energies, and ultimately his life, in quixotic adventures in the Congo and Bolivia. A masterpiece of scholarship, Companero is the definitive portrait of a figure who continues to fascinate and inspire the world over.
Synopsis
Drawing on archival documents from two continents and on interviews with Che Guevara's family and associates, one of Latin America's foremost political scientists gives us our finest biography yet of the man who became synonymous with the insurrectionist spirit of the 1960s.
Jorge G. Castaneda follows Ernesto Guevara from his childhood in the Argentine middle class through his restless career as a doctor turned professional revolutionary to his ignominious death in the jungles of Bolivia. Whether he is analyzing Che's relationship with Fidel Castro or disclosing his role in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, Castaneda expertly weaves the personal and the political, producing a portrait of impeccable scholarship, vital humanity, and vast sympathy.