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Che, my brother / Juan Martin Guevara, Armelle Vincent.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2017Edition: English editionDescription: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509517756 (hardback)
Uniform titles:
  • Mon freÌre le Che. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Che, my brotherDDC classification:
  • 980.03092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • F2849.22.G85 G7613 2017
Other classification:
  • POL037000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Contents Acknowledgements Chapter One La Quebrada del Yuro Chapter Two Havana, January 1959 Chapter Three An eccentric couple, always short of money Chapter Four As free as the wind Chapter Five A unique character Chapter Six ?The American country with the best food? Chapter Seven Discover the world or change it Chapter Eight Return to Buenos Aires Chapter Nine ?This letter might be the last? Chapter Ten Eight years, three months and twenty-three days Chapter Eleven Days of liberation Chapter Twelve Flying to Havana Chapter Thirteen ?Until forever, my children...? Chapter Fourteen People are often wrong about the Cubans Chapter Fifteen What can I do but sow seeds? Chapter Sixteen Che lives on Chapter Seventeen ?A year. Already so long ago.? Appendix 1 Excerpts from the Algiers speech Appendix II Letter from Archbishop Moure Bibliography Notes.
Summary: "On 9 October 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara, Marxist guerrilla leader and hero of the Cuban Revolution, was captured and executed by Bolivian forces. When the Guevara family learned from the front pages that Che was dead, they decided to say nothing. Fifty years on, his younger brother, Juan Martin, breaks the silence to narrate his intimate memories and share with us his views of the character behind one of history?s most iconic figures. Juan Martin brings Che back to life, as a caring and protective older brother. Alongside the many practical jokes and escapades they undertook together, Juan Martin also relates the two extraordinary months he spent with the Comandante in 1959, in Havana, at the epicentre of the Cuban Revolution. He remembers Che as an idealist and adventurer and also as a committed intellectual. And he tells us of their parents - eccentric, cultivated, bohemian - and of their brothers and sisters, all of whom played a part in his political awakening. This unique autobiographical account sheds new light on a figure who continues to be revered as a symbol of revolutionary action and who remains a source of inspiration for many who believe that the struggle for a better world is not in vain"-- Provided by publisher.
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"On 9 October 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara, Marxist guerrilla leader and hero of the Cuban Revolution, was captured and executed by Bolivian forces. When the Guevara family learned from the front pages that Che was dead, they decided to say nothing. Fifty years on, his younger brother, Juan Martin, breaks the silence to narrate his intimate memories and share with us his views of the character behind one of history?s most iconic figures. Juan Martin brings Che back to life, as a caring and protective older brother. Alongside the many practical jokes and escapades they undertook together, Juan Martin also relates the two extraordinary months he spent with the Comandante in 1959, in Havana, at the epicentre of the Cuban Revolution. He remembers Che as an idealist and adventurer and also as a committed intellectual. And he tells us of their parents - eccentric, cultivated, bohemian - and of their brothers and sisters, all of whom played a part in his political awakening. This unique autobiographical account sheds new light on a figure who continues to be revered as a symbol of revolutionary action and who remains a source of inspiration for many who believe that the struggle for a better world is not in vain"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Original French title from Amazon view of online title page.

Machine generated contents note: Contents Acknowledgements Chapter One La Quebrada del Yuro Chapter Two Havana, January 1959 Chapter Three An eccentric couple, always short of money Chapter Four As free as the wind Chapter Five A unique character Chapter Six ?The American country with the best food? Chapter Seven Discover the world or change it Chapter Eight Return to Buenos Aires Chapter Nine ?This letter might be the last? Chapter Ten Eight years, three months and twenty-three days Chapter Eleven Days of liberation Chapter Twelve Flying to Havana Chapter Thirteen ?Until forever, my children...? Chapter Fourteen People are often wrong about the Cubans Chapter Fifteen What can I do but sow seeds? Chapter Sixteen Che lives on Chapter Seventeen ?A year. Already so long ago.? Appendix 1 Excerpts from the Algiers speech Appendix II Letter from Archbishop Moure Bibliography Notes.

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