The Motorcycle Diaries Av Ernesto Che Guevara

<p><b>''A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac'' <i>Washington Post</i></b><br><br><b>''It''s true; Marxists just wanna have fun... a revolutionary bestseller'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>At the age of twenty-three, Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native Argentina to explore their continent, with only a single 1939 Norton motorcycle to carry them, nicknamed <i>La Poderosa </i>(''the powerful one''). <br><br>They travelled not to visit the usual tourist attractions, but to meet ordinary people and understand Latin American life. In amidst the tales of youthful adventures - of women, wine, thrilling escapes and the power of friendship - the young Che also learns first-hand about poverty, philosophy and philosophy and forms himself into the man who would become the world''s most famous and admired revolutionary and freedom fighter.<br><br> ''For every comic escapade of the carefree roustabout there is an equally eye-opening moment in the deve