Brief Encounters With Che Guevara: Stories
SKU: DADAX0060885580
ISBN : 9780060885588
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Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories
The well-intentioned protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught -- to both disastrous and hilarious effect -- in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. In "Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera," an ornithologist being held hostage in the Colombian rain forest finds that he respects his captors for their commitment to a cause, until he realizes that the Revolution looks a lot like big business. In "The Good Ones Are Already Taken," the wife of a Special Forces officer battles a Haitian voodoo goddess with whom her husband is carrying on a not-entirely-spiritual relationship. And in "The Lion's Mouth," a disillusioned aid worker makes a Faustian bargain to become a diamond smuggler for the greater good. With masterful pacing and a robust sense of the absurd, each story in Brief Encounters with Che Guevara is a self-contained adventure, steeped in the heady mix of tragedy and danger, excitement and hope, that characterizes countries in transition.
Specifications of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories
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Author | Ben Fountain |
Binding | Hardcover |
Language | English |
ISBN-10 | 0060885580 |
ISBN-13 | 9780060885588 |
Publisher | Ecco |
Number Of Pages | 240 |
Publication Date | 2006-08-01 |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Height | 9 inch. |
Length | 6 inch. |
Width | 0.85 inch. |
Weight | 0.65 pounds. |
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