A New York Times bestseller
With a new introduction by The Motorcyle Diaries filmmaker Walter
Salles, and featuring 24 pages of photos taken by Che.
The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to
discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student,
setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his
friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist. It captures, arguably as much as
any book ever written, the exuberance and joy of one person's youthful
belief in the possibilities of humankind tending towards justice, peace
and happiness.
After the release in 2004 of the exhilarating film of the same title,
directed by Walter Salles, the book became a New York Times and
international bestseller.
This edition includes a new introduction by Walter Salles and an array
of new material that was assembled for the 2004 edition coinciding with
the release of the film, including 24 pages of previously unpublished
photos taken by Che, notes and comments by his wife, Aleida Guevara
March, and an extensive introduction by the distinguished Cuban author,
Cintio Vitier.
A journey, a number of journeys. Ernesto Guevara in search of adventure,
Ernesto Guevara in search of America, Ernesto Guevara in search of Che.
On this journey, solitude found solidarity. 'I' turned into
'we.'--Eduardo Galeano
As his journey progresses, Guevara's voice seems to deepen, to darken,
colored by what he witnesses in his travels. He is still poetic, but now
he comments on what he sees, though still poetically, with a new
awareness of the social and political ramifications of what's going on
around him.--January Magazine
Our film is about a young man, Che, falling in love with a continent and
finding his place in it.
--Walter Salles, director of the film version of The Motorcycle
Diaries
All this wandering around 'Our America with a Capital A' has changed me
more than I thought.
--Ernesto Che Guevara, from The Motorcycle Diaries
