{"product_id":"the-motorcycle-diaries-notes-on-a-latin-american-journey-paperback-2","title":"The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnesto Che Guevara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAleida Guevara\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e The book of the popular movie STARRING GAEL GARCIA BERNAL NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e The young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. This new, expanded edition features exclusive, unpublished photos taken by the 23-year-old Ernesto on his journey across a continent, and a tender preface by Aleida Guevara, offering an insightful perspective on the man and the icon. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \"A journey, a number of journeys. Ernesto Guevara in search of adventure, Ernesto Guevara in search of America, Ernesto Guevara in search of Che. On this journey of journeys, solitude found solidarity, 'I' turned into 'we'.\" --Eduardo Galeano  \"When I read these notes for the first time, I was quite young myself and I immediately identified with this man who narrated his adventures in such a spontaneous manner... To tell you the truth, the more I read, the more I was in love with the boy my father had been...\" --Aleida Guevara  \"Our film is about a young man, Che, falling in love with a continent and finding his place in it.\" --Walter Salles, director of \"The Motorcycle Diaries.\" \u003cp\u003e\"As his journey progresses, Guevara's voice seems to deepen, to darken, colored by what he witnesses in his travels. He is still poetic, but now he comments on what he sees, though still poetically, with a new awareness of the social and political ramifications of what's going on around him.\"--\u003ci\u003eJanuary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Also available in Spanish: DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA (978-1-920888-11-4)  Features of this edition include:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA preface by Che Guevara's daughter Aleida \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by Cintio Vintier, well-known Latin American poet \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotos \u0026amp; maps from the original journey \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostcript: Che's personal reflections on his formative years: \"A child of my environment.\"  Published in association with the Che Guevara Studies Center, Havana\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eERNESTO CHE GUEVARA: \"The enormity of our endeavor escaped us in those moments; all we could see was the dust on the road ahead and ourselves on the bike, devouring kilometers in our flight northward.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary. This new, expanded edition features exclusive, unpublished photographs taken by the 23-year-old Ernesto on his journey across a continent, and a tender preface by Aleida Guevara offering a highly insightful perspective on her father the man and the icon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"A journey, a number of journeys. Ernesto Guevara in search of adventure, Ernesto Guevara in search of America, Ernesto Guevara in search of Che. On this journey of journeys, solitude found solidarity, 'I' turned into 'we'.\" -- Eduardo Galeano \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Our film is about a young man, Che, falling love with a continent and finding his place in it.\" Walter Salles, Director of \"The Motorcycle Diaries\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnesto Che Guevara was a leading member of the revolutionary government in Cuba after 1959. He was appointed Minister of Industry and later, as head of the Cuban National Bank, his simple signature of Che on Cuba's banknotes angered the heads of international banks and finance capital who considered it a denigration of his office. - Aleida Guevara is the eldest daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara and Aleida March. She works as a pediatric specialist in childhood allegies in a Havana hospital and is a spokesperson for the anti-globalization movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.4 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770068861216,"sku":"9781876175702","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/217d48f4b556e83a9cf05620e6c22449.webp?v=1780363842","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-motorcycle-diaries-notes-on-a-latin-american-journey-paperback-2","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}