Companero
Click to look inside
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
Companero by Jorge Castaeda
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.Jorge G. Castañeda nació en México, Distrito Federal, en 1953. Fue Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México y candidato independiente a la Presidencia de la República. Ha sido profesor durante más de veinticinco años en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, y actualmente es catedrático en la Universidad de Nueva York. Es articulista de los diarios Reforma y El País, y de la revista Time; es miembro de la Junta de Gobierno de Human Rights Watch y miembro de la American Academy of Arts and Science, de la American Philosophical Society. Es autor o coautor de más de quince libros, publicados en toda América Latina, Estados Unidos y Europa, y traducidos a una decena de idiomas, entre ellos destacan Compañero: vida y muerte del Che Guevara y La utopia desarmada. Actualmente vive en la Ciudad de México y en Nueva York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679759409 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679759409 |
| Title | Companero |
| Author | Jorge Castaeda |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1998-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |