The Motorcycle Diaries

[OneNamedNameLess]

Would anyone recommend this?

I'm a little cautious about buying it.

I fancy reading it though as an alternative to yet another Che biography or whatever. I would like an insight into what shaped the beliefs of arguably the world's most famous and certainly most recognisable revolutionary.

[KurtFF8]

Edit: for some reason I thought you were talking about the film adaptation when I posted originally (maybe because I just saw the Che film the other night)

[Dóchas]

if you want to read it to learn some thoery then dont bother but if you want to read it to learn about che as a pperson then i would definitly recommend it. its ok and a good read but its nothing of revolutionary value if you want to learn i got his bolivian diary recently and im guessing it will be a mix of his ideas and his life

[OneNamedNameLess]

Thanks. I'm not interested in it for theory. Plenty of free internet sources for that ;) It's always enticed me but I have held out for a while due to uncertainty.

[Dóchas]

well you are not looking for a theory read then id get it. its an easy book to read and is quite enjoyable and a good insite into che as a person :thumbup1:

[rednordman]

Definitly get the film and read the book, it totally goes against the bourgious opinion that has dominated the media that he was a murderous tyrant (and nothing but). Infact it pisses on it. He may not have totally clean hands but he still was a very influential figure of history, without actually ruling anyone directly.

[which doctor]

It's a pretty good book. In a way, it reminds me of a South American version of On the Road, sans drugs.

[Angry Young Man]

Definitely. The film focused on all the poignant parts like the Chilean mining couple. The book also has funny parts. I think I was 15 when I read it - obviously quite formative, so if you have a little brother who's under the spell of the "communists-are-bloodthirsty-thugs" doctrine, lend him it