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Brief encounters with Che Guevara stories

"The well-meaning 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. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human"--Back cover.

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  • ""The well-meaning 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. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human"--Back cover."@en
  • "A debut anthology of short fiction features a group of protagonists caught in the middle of the political and social upheaval surrounding them, in such works as "The Good Ones Are Already Taken" and "The Lion's Mouth.""@en
  • "A debut anthology of short fiction features a group of protagonists caught in the middle of the political and social upheaval surrounding them, in such works as "Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera," "The Good Ones Are Already Taken," and "The Lion's Mouth"
  • "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. Through Fountain's rounded and novelistic prose, these intelligent and keenly observed stories are painted in provocative and vibrant detail across a global canvas. Brief Encounters with Che Guevara marks the arrival of a striking and resonant new voice that speaks adeptly to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human."@en
  • "The well-meaning 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. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human."@en
  • "A debut anthology of short fiction features a group of protagonists caught in the middle of the political and social upheaval surrounding them, in such works as "Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera," "The Good Ones Are Already Taken," and "The Lion's Mouth.""
  • "A debut anthology of short fiction features a group of protagonists caught in the middle of the political and social upheaval surrounding them, in such works as "Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera," "The Good Ones Are Already Taken," and "The Lion's Mouth.""@en
  • "Un jeune ornithologue prisonnier des FARC constate à ses dépens que la révolution est aussi un business. Un expatrié est mêlé à un trafic d'art en Haïti... Des nouvelles qui prennent le monde entier pour cadre, de la Colombie à la Sierra Leone en passant par Vienne fin de siècle. Elles montrent un monde devenu fou, où les êtres sont menés par le profit, la corruption et cultivent les paradoxes."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Short stories, American"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Nouvelles"

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  • "Brief encounters with Che Guevara stories"@en
  • "Brief encounters with Che Guevara : Stories"@en
  • "Brèves rencontres avec Che Guevara"
  • "Brief encounters with che guevara"@en
  • "Kurze Begegnungen mit Che Guevara Erzählungen"
  • "Brèves rencontres avec Che Guevara : nouvelles ; traduit de l'américain par Michel Lederer"
  • "Brief encounters with Che Guevara"@en
  • "Brief encounters with Che Guevara"
  • "Brief encounters with Che Guevara : stories"
  • "Brief encounters with Che Guevara : stories"@en
  • "Brèves rencontres avec Che Guevara nouvelles"
  • "Kurze Begegnungen mit Che Guevara : Erzählungen"
  • "Brèves rencontres avec Che Guevara : nouvelles"

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