{"product_id":"brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories-9780060885601","title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award * A National Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exceptional story collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe well-intentioned protagonists of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e--including a disillusioned NGO worker, the wife of a special operations officer, and an obssessed ornithologist--are caught, to both disastrous and hilarious effect, in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith masterful pacing and a robust sense of the absurd, each story is a self-contained adventure, steeped in the heady mix of tragedy and danger, excitement and hope, that characterizes countries in transition. An intelligent and keenly observed collection, \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e marks the arrival of a striking and resonant new voice that speaks adeptly to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFountain, Ben:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBen Fountain was born in Chapel Hill and grew up in the tobacco country of eastern North Carolina. A former practicing attorney, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevara\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the PEN\/Hemingway Award and the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Award for Fiction, and the novel \u003cem\u003eBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and a finalist for the National Book Award. \u003cem\u003eBilly Lynn \u003c\/em\u003ewas adapted into a feature film directed by three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, and his work has been translated into over twenty languages. His series of essays published in \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e on the 2016 U.S. presidential election was subsequently nominated by the editors of \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/em\u003efor the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife of 32 years, Sharon Fountain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668894781714,"sku":"9780060885601","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e13a621-82ac-4d90-bbd5-e0e84a9d0956.jpg?v=1733751718","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories-9780060885601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}