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The Motorcycle Diaries (Movie Tie-in Edition) : Notes on a Latin American Journey
 

The Motorcycle Diaries (Movie Tie-in Edition) : Notes on a Latin American Journey

by Ernesto Che Guevara

Special movie tie-in edition of Che Guevara's youthful travel diaries to coincide with the Fall release of Redford & Salles's film of the book. Says director Walter Salles: "If the film reaches a younger audience, I hope it will inspire people to read The Motorcycle Diaries, to have the impression that change can occur."

"As his journey progresses, Guevara's voice seems to deepen,... (read more)

Top tags: travel,  memoir,  non-fiction,  history,  latin america (all tags)

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Olivia S
  • Rated 5 stars

“Anyone who knows me, knows well enough that this is proably my favourite book of all time. I have found it inspiring, entertaining and it revealed to me a whole new world. Che is one simple man who goes on to do extrordinary things. This book, his travel memoir, shows how traveling through latin america during his youth shaped his ideals and beliefs that would ultimately lead him to become one of the greatest revolutionary's of all time. Personally, I am a different person for having read...”

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Raghu Thakur
  • Rated 1 stars

“I always thought when i read about Che - The Great Socialist Revolutionary leader in the history of South America .... It would be something more than what i found in Motorcycle Diaries. Frankly, Book is a disappointment and speaks nothing about the Leader he was....”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.982014 stars
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  • Rated 4.125 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Silas S

    silas s said:

    “this book is a waste of my time. this is 4 hours i will never get back. even the movie was terrible.”

    posted Tuesday, May 6 2008
  • rashi

    rashi said:

    “An amazing read, absolutely thought provoking.”

    posted Friday, May 2 2008
  • Turi

    turi said:

    “Che got exposed to the adversities of the proletariat , against which he fought all through his life. Very vividly, he explained the picturesque Andes range and the beauties of Latin America. An individual who doesn't vagabond will go after reading this.
    Hasta la victoria siempre..”

    posted Tuesday, December 18 2007
  • Sam L

    sam l said:

    “This book gives some insight on how Ernesto Guevara de la Serna became Che Guevara. ”

    posted Friday, November 16 2007
  • tapuravi

    tapuravi said:

    “It's a amazing book, it is about how a simple adventurous trip makes a person epitomize in to a leader, a philonthropist and revolutionary. It is ethnographic collection of the latin american population in the 50's. Uncomparable epistle.”

    posted Monday, November 5 2007
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