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Review: Guevara, Also Known as Che

Avis de journaliste - Kirkus Reviews

Mexican novelist Taibo (Leonard's Bicycle, 1995, etc.) offers his political adventure-story take on Latin America's revered revolutionary, with heavy use of excerpts from Guevara's diaries and interviews with other sources. In the third biography of Guevara this year, Taibo spends little time investigating the revolutionary's personal life, which was detailed by Jon Lee Anderson (p. 343), and is similarly brief with his subject's initial political development and his changing views, which was Jorge CastaÛeda's focus (p. 1174). While acknowledging that he was a prolific reader of political tracts, revolutionary poetry, and a wide array of fiction, Taibo notes that when it came to the politics of revolution, ""as far as Cuba was concerned, Che was no more than a country intellectual who had never set foot in a city."" It is Che the rebel fighter who became an international icon, and it is this aspect of his life that Taibo stresses--one third of the biography is dedicated to his successful year as a soldier and commander in Cuba. While his troops rested between battles, the tireless Che took charge of rebel training camps, gave basic reading lessons, tended to the wounded, and launched the guerrillas' own newspaper and radio station. Once, as Batista's forces were known to be preparing an offensive, Guevara took time out to prepare a splint for a wounded bird. In addition to his individual military victories, Taibo notes that the revolution's success was also due to Guevara's ability to step up the pace of assaults in late 1958 to take advantage of the crumbling dictatorship. After five frustrating years filling various roles in the new Cuban government, Guevara departed in semi-exile to do what he did best--but his expeditions in the Congo and Bolivia ended in failure and eventually in his execution. A sentimental tale of revolutionary exploits, in which Che's own voice is clearly heard.

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Review: Guevara Also Known as Che

Avis d'utilisateur - Martin Michael - Goodreads

I am the translator of this biography (into English), and it was the most challenging of Taibo's books I have worked with, both for the scope, the subject matter and the approach. I should say that ... Consulter l'avis complet

Review: Guevara, Also Known as Che

Avis d'utilisateur - Aaron Hubbard - Goodreads

Having lived in Argentina I was interested to learn more about the man, the myth and the legend who is Che Guevara. This book answered any question I might have had about Che. I found the detailed research by the author outstanding. Consulter l'avis complet

Review: Guevara Also Known as Che

Avis d'utilisateur - Manny huerta serna - Goodreads

Really enjoyed the book, & especially the inclusion of Ernesto Guevara's direct quotes on almost every other page. Consulter l'avis complet

Review: Guevara Also Known as Che

Avis d'utilisateur - Andy - Goodreads

There is so much to dislike about this book, I don't know where to begin. Maybe with the editing and translation. There are so many mistakes that I wonder if the translator read what he put down. It's ... Consulter l'avis complet

Review: Guevara, Also Known as Che

Avis d'utilisateur - Monica - Goodreads

I'm not sure how I feel after such a commitment to John Lee Anderson's book but I'm going to give this a go. Oct.30 This book was more informal than Anderson's but big in terms of passion, having an ... Consulter l'avis complet

Review: Guevara Also Known as Che

Avis d'utilisateur - Marsha - Goodreads

Loving the level of detail on this book. Paco lets Che do most of the talking. Seems very uncritical of the early days of the Cuban revolution (after Batista fled), but I don;t know enough to be sure. Need to read something to give this some background. Consulter l'avis complet