Alberto Granado

El mítico viaje por Latinoamérica de Ernesto Guevara y Alberto Granado que inspiró la película Diarios de motocicleta de Walter Salles. Una nueva edición -prologada por el hijo del autor, Alberto Granado Duque- del conmovedor y atrapante relato del joven Granado de esos días, un homenaje a la amistad, a la aventura, al camino y a la lucha por el ideal de una sociedad más justa. A bordo de La Poderosa II, una vieja moto, dos amigos recorren América. Uno, Ernesto Guevara, 23 años, hijo de una familia acomodada y estudiante de medicina, empieza sin saberlo un trayecto mucho más largo y que terminaría convirtiéndolo en el famoso revolucionario Che Guevara. El otro, Alberto Granado, un joven bioquímico, mientras cumple el sueño de toda su vida, registra día a día ese viaje que pasaría a la historia y que inspiraría a miles de jóvenes de todo el mundo que repiten hoy aquella ruta. Ese relato pormenorizado y las fotos que ambos amigos tomaron a lo largo del viaje se reúnen en este libro. Ernesto y Alberto recorren Argentina, Chile, Perú, Colombia y Venezuela. En el camino descubren la pobreza y la explotación en la que vive la mayor parte de las poblaciones de América. Y su espíritu va cambiando frente a esa realidad. De los dos despreocupados jóvenes que emprenden el viaje, llegan al final dos hombres con un futuro más claro. Ernesto empieza a dejar de ser aquel joven rebelde de alta sociedad para convertirse en el legendario Che que liberó Cuba y que se convirtió en todo el mundo en símbolo de la lucha por la libertad y la justicia social. Con el Che por Sudamérica es el conmovedor y atrapante relato del joven Granado de esos días, un homenaje a la amistad, a la aventura, al camino y a la lucha por el ideal de una sociedad más justa. "El relato de Granado -publicado en Cuba en 1978- igualmente ilumina las raíces del revolucionario Guevara como también realiza un detallado y triste retrato de la pobreza y la corrupción en la América Latina de los años 50". Publisher's Weekly

Con el Che por Sudamérica

Ernesto Che Guevara

Ernesto Guevara

due diari per un viaggio in motocicletta

Latinoamericana

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

The Making of a Revolutionary

Travelling with Che Guevara

Lucia Alvarez de Toledo

Published for the first time in the U.S.—one of the two diaries on which the movie The Motorcycle Diaries is based—the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberto Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952. 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 Norton 500cc motorbike and traveled through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. The duo's adventures vary from the suspenseful (stowing away on a cargo ship, exploring Incan ruins) to the comedic (falling in love, drinking, fighting...) to the serious (volunteering as firemen and at a leper colony). They worked as day laborers along the way—as soccer coaches, medical assistants, and furniture movers. The poverty and exploitation of the native population started the process that was to turn Ernesto—the debonair, fun-loving student—into Che, the revolutionary who had a profound impact on the history of several nations. Originally published in Spanish in Cuba in 1978, the first English translation was published by Random House UK in 2003. The movie, based on Granado's and Che's diaries, directed by Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun), was produced by Robert Redford and others. Shown at the Sundance Film Festival, it generated great reviews and a frenzied auction for distribution rights, which was won by Focus Features. Granado, now 82, was a consultant to Salles during the production. 10 b/w photos.

Traveling with Che Guevara

Published for the first time in the U.S. - one of the two diaries on which the upcoming movie The Motorcycle Diaries is based - the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberton Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952. 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 Agentina on a Norton 500cc motorbike traveled through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. The duo's adventures vary from the suspenseful (stowing away on a cargo ship, exploring Incan ruins) to the comedic (falling in love, drinking, fighting...) to the serious (volunteering as firemen and at a leper colony). They worked as day laborers along the way - as soccer coaches, medical assistants, and furniture movers. The poverty and exploitation of the native population started the process that was to turn Ernesto - the debonair, fun-loving student - into Che, the revolutionary who had a profound impact on the history of several nations. Originally published in Spanish in Cuba in 1978, the first English translation was published by Random House UK in 2003. The movie, based on Granado's and Che's diaries, directed by Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun), was produced by Robert Redford and others. Shown at the Sundance Film Festival, it generated great reviews and a frenzied auction for distribution rights, which was won by Focus Features. Granado, now 82, was a consultant to Salles during the production.

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