{"product_id":"brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories","title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBen Fountain\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060885601\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e229\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award * A National Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories | Ben Fountain | Paperback | 9780060885601 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1656256","offer_id":48313029427352,"sku":"1656256","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories | Ben Fountain | Paperback | 9780060885601 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks R 1782953","offer_id":50532289511576,"sku":"1782953","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81czRUnWt_L.jpg?v=1773159914","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}