About the Book

Che Guevara is a symbol in the West, a representative of ’60s counterculture and the face adorning the T-shirts of a million student radicals. But in the rest of the world, he is something else: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere.

Lucía Álvarez de Toledo comes from the same social milieu as Che Guevara. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, she was at school while he attended university, and then as a journalist, she closely followed his meteoric political rise. As a result, she is able to put him into context like few others among his biographers, dispelling popular misconceptions and revealing aspects of his life that others have missed. Based on interviews with Che’s family and with those who knew him intimately, The Story of Che Guevara is a highly accessible biography that concentrates on the man rather than the icon. With the political developments in Latin America in the 21st century, Guevara’s influence can be seen to be even greater now than it was during his lifetime.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9781443405676
• ISBN 10: 1443405671
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 09/18/2012
• Pages: 400
• List Price:23.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General

Lucia Alvarez de Toledo

Biography

Alberto 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.

Lucia 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.

Other Works by Lucia Alvarez de Toledo

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  Story Of Che Guevara

  By Lucia Alvarez de Toledo