{"product_id":"9781920888930","title":"Che (Movie Tie-In Edition): The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book of the new, two-part epic movie on Che Guevara starring Benicio Del Toro as the legendary revolutionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector Steven Soderbergh has based his two-part movie \"Che\" (\u003ci\u003ePart 1: The Argentine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePart 2: Guerrilla\u003c\/i\u003e) on two classic diaries written by Che Guevara: \u003ci\u003eReminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War\u003c\/i\u003e (an account of the guerrilla movement led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in 1959) and \u003ci\u003eBolivian Diary\u003c\/i\u003e (Che’s famous, unfinished diary discovered in his backpack when he was captured and killed in Bolivia in October 1967).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChe \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a selection from each book, showing the young Argentine’s evolution from the wide-eyed medical student of the \u003ci\u003eMotorcycle Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e-era to the revolutionary hero the world knows as Che.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eKey excerpts from Che’s \u003ci\u003eReminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War\u003c\/i\u003e, his final \u003ci\u003eBolivian Diary\u003c\/i\u003e, and his fiery address to the UN General Assembly, New York in December 1964.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChe’s first encounter with Fidel Castro in Mexico, when he immediately commits himself to join the guerrilla expedition to Cuba.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe dramatic moment when Che has to decide his future either as a doctor or a guerrilla fighter, symbolized by the choice of two backpacks: one with medicine, the other with ammunition.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChe’s poetic letter to his parents before he sets out on the fateful Bolivia mission.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps, chronology, and a useful glossary.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e24 pages of original photos from the period \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMovie tie-in cover.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBlurbs by Benicio del Toro and Steven Soderbergh.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso published in Spanish this season is \u003ci\u003eChe: Los Diarios de Ernesto Che Guevara\u003c\/i\u003e, 978-1-921235-48-1.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ocean Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043938648304,"sku":"9781920888930","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781920888930_p0.jpg?v=1763781993","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781920888930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}