{"product_id":"brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories","title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award * A National Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exceptional story collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe well-intentioned protagonists of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e--including a disillusioned NGO worker, the wife of a special operations officer, and an obssessed ornithologist--are caught, to both disastrous and hilarious effect, in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith masterful pacing and a robust sense of the absurd, each story is a self-contained adventure, steeped in the heady mix of tragedy and danger, excitement and hope, that characterizes countries in transition. An intelligent and keenly observed collection, \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947278893287,"sku":"9780060885601","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_3d146738-b5da-49b7-b48f-690bf2816720.jpg?v=1775485818","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}