Travelling With Che Guevara
The Making of a Revolutionary
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2004
Summary
Published for the first time in English, an account of Che Guevara’s 1952 motorcycle tour of South America by his close friend and travelling companion.
In 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 1949 Norton 500cc motorbike and travelled through Chile, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. They worked as casual lab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844134267 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1844134261 |
| Author: | Alberto Granado |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2004 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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Worth reading in detail… the excitements and fascinations of this book are many.
Worth reading in detail… the excitements and fascinations of this book are many. * Scotland on Sunday *
This is one travel book where the protagonists are people of consequence. * Glasgow Herald *
About The Author
Alberto Granado
Alberto Granado was born in Hernando, Province of Cordoba in 1922. From December 1951 to July 1952 he travelled, after attending the University of Cordoba, all over Latin America with Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. When the dictator Perez Gimenez was ousted in Venezuela he was put in charge of the reorganisation of the School of Bioanalysis of the University of Caracas where he worked until 1961. He then went to live in Cuba where he worked at various universities. Granado went on to become a consultant with the Department of Genetics at the National Health Centre for Stockbreeding and Farming. He died in 2011, aged 88.
Luc-a Alvarez de Toledo grew up and was educated in Argentina and was awarded a Scholarship at the University of Delhi. Having worked as a journalist and broadcaster she settled in London in 1968 and established herself as a professional interpreter and translator, working at the highest levels for Governments, Corporations and international institutions. Her background, knowledge of South America and long-standing friendship with Alberto Granado have enabled her to bring a unique understanding to the first English language translation of this book. She has also translated Young Che by Ernesto Guevara Lynch, Che Guevara’s father.
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