{"product_id":"traveling-with-che-guevara-the-making-of-a-revolutionary-9781557046390","title":"Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished for the first time in the U.S.--one of the two diaries on which the movie \u003cem\u003eThe Motorcycle Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e is based--the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberto Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1952 Alberto Granado, a young doctor, and his friend Ernesto Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student from a distinguished Buenos Aires family, decided to explore their continent. They set off from Cordoba in Argentina on a Norton 500cc motorbike and traveled through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. The duo's adventures vary from the suspenseful (stowing away on a cargo ship, exploring Incan ruins) to the comedic (falling in love, drinking, fighting...) to the serious (volunteering as firemen and at a leper colony). They worked as day laborers along the way--as soccer coaches, medical assistants, and furniture movers. The poverty and exploitation of the native population started the process that was to turn Ernesto--the debonair, fun-loving student--into Che, the revolutionary who had a profound impact on the history of several nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Spanish in Cuba in 1978, the first English translation was published by Random House UK in 2003. The movie, based on Granado's and Che's diaries, directed by Walter Salles (\u003cem\u003eCentral Station\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBehind the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e), was produced by Robert Redford and others. Shown at the Sundance Film Festival, it generated great reviews and a frenzied auction for distribution rights, which was won by Focus Features. Granado, now 82, was a consultant to Salles during the production. 10 b\/w photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranado, Alberto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlberto Granado, was born in Argentina in 1922. A doctor and biochemist, he lived and worked in Venezuela for several years. He moved to Cuba in 1961, where he co-founded the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Santiago. He retired in 1994. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucia Alvarez de Toledo (translator) is a close friend of the author's and the Guevara family. A war correspondent in Vietnam in her 20s for Argentina Broadcasting Co., she has worked as a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and interpreter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvarez De Toledo, Lucia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlberto Granado, was born in Argentina in 1922. A doctor and biochemist, he lived and worked in Venezuela for several years. He moved to Cuba in 1961, where he co-founded the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Santiago. He retired in 1994. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucia Alvarez de Toledo (translator) is a close friend of the author's and the Guevara family. A war correspondent in Vietnam in her 20s for Argentina Broadcasting Co., she has worked as a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and interpreter. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Newmarket Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860227260690,"sku":"9781557046390","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ff150bf-c43d-468c-8919-be1f02c3ad08.jpg?v=1767779960","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/traveling-with-che-guevara-the-making-of-a-revolutionary-9781557046390","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}