Ernesto Guevara, Tambien Conocido Como El Che (Divulgacion) (Paperback)

by Paco Ignacio, II Taibo (Author)

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Product Description
Desde millones de fotos, carteles, videos, camisetas, postales, discos, libros, frases, testimonios -fantasmas todos ellos de la sociedad industrial, que no sabe depositar sus mitos en la sobriedad de la memoria-, el Che nos vigila. Mas alla de toda parafernalia, retorna. Casi treinta anos despues de su muerte, su imagen cruza generaciones, su mito persigue los delirios de grandeza del neoliberalismo. Irreverente, burlon, terco -moralmente terco-, el Che siempre sera motivo de debate. Con abundante material hasta ahora inedito -fotos, testimonios, diarios...-, Ernesto Guevara, tambien conocido como el Che es una biografia minuciosa y detallada que nos revela a un personaje diferente del que creemos conocer; un hombre que, siendo ministro de Industria en Cuba, jamas terminaba de amarrarse las botas. Es un encuentro con Ernesto Guevara, mas alla del Che, pero tambien una reelaboracion del mito. Este libro, escrito con gran intensidad y dedicacion, esta llamado a ser un clasico. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 766 pages
• Publisher: Editoral Planeta (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8408030981
• ISBN-13: 978-8408030980
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,851,995 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most enjoyable of all Che's bios, October 24, 2002

By	O. M. Suarez "aerobol" (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In the US, Paco Taibo II is better known within the mystery readers' crowd for his accomplished police stories with a touch of irony and a shrewd writing style. For this reason with certain apprehension I started reading this biography. In fact it was the first complete and serious Che's bio I have ever read. Later I grabbed Jon Lee Anderson's one... Of all Che's bios Paco's is the most enchanting one. It may lack the huge documention of Anderson's book, but it compensates it with an amazing style. Paco cannot divorce his own admiration of Che from his subject, but, hey, that is exactly why this book becomes so much enjoyable. I still recall grabbing the book (700 hundred pages!) one morning and going that same night to bed with the book in my hands! I couldn't stop reading it! Che's story is reflected under the light of an amazing storyteller. The episodes of Che's story are exquisitely threaded together in a masterful way. His life becomes flesh and blood in Paco's hands. The icon, the symbol of rebellion and struggle for social justice turns a man, an incredible, passionate and admirable human being throughout the book. The end cannot be better: it is ghostly but hopeful with a lot of energy and sadness and beauty: a song to Latin American history of struggle.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tremendous Contribution, February 26, 2007

By	Henry Porter "inriporter" (Cuernavaca, México) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ernesto Guevara, Tambien Conocido Como El Che (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Taibo's book on Ché is monumental. It distresses many North Americans to discover a Ché Guevara who does not conform to the popular (and erroneous)belief systems so prevalent in the States. Taibo pays little attention to the myths and a lot of attention to facts, and weaves the information into a cohesive -- and verifiable -- story about this extraordinary person. You do not, however, want to drop this book on your foot: it's a monster...probably weighs a kilo, anyway. But the content is as solid as is the book itself; and more to the point, it is a much more human, much more aware history of Ché than any of the other Ché bios that I have encountered, in either Spanish or English. Even if you don't read the thing, but just carry it around to build up your arm muscles, having the book on the table at a restaurant or a coffee-shop can be fun: people react to it in interesting ways, as one might expect...you soon understand why there are so many Ché t-shirts and so few Henry Kissinger t-shirts, that's for sure. This thing is a tour de force, worth every penny. It may take some time to finish it, but it is worth the work to do so. You may become more haunted by Ché's vision and his results, but you will also become more understanding of him and his time...and better able to understand the tremendous changes that he brought (and continues to bring)to Latin America and the West in general. Not to be missed; and if you're lucky, you can find a copy of "Sueños Rebelde" to go along with it. Good luck, and good reading!

2.0 out of 5 stars overly detailed account of Che's life; shadows ignored, June 8, 2009

By	C. V. Atencio "in training" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Ernesto Guevara, tambien conocido como el Che (Biografias (Booket)) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I saw this book in a big chain bookstore and I was immediately intrigued. I do not believe in communism, totalitarian regimes or imposing your views on anyone else. I get a little surprised every time a silly model dressed in thousand dollar clothes voices admiration for "el Che". To me he was an adventurer. This book, although written with deep admiration for its subject (it is not objective or balanced and does not document too much of the dark side)), is very informative. The guy had the most exciting kind of life, regardless of his meager means. He traveled like crazy. He started out without any clear ideology, and then he showed off his inner king. He did not give a damn for the women in his life, or his babies. He would just go on with his life and leave them aside. He had a cute face but that's about it. I would only wear a T-shirt with his face on a very special occasion, e.g. to irk somebody on purpose.