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The well-intentioned protagonists of "Brief Encounters with Che Guevara" are caught -- to both disastrous and hilarious effect -- in the maelstrom of ...Show synopsisThe 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.Hide synopsis
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I bought this book after Malcolm Gladwell mentioned it in What the Dog Saw and I was not dissapointed after I read it. Brief Encounters with Che Guevara is a very enjoyable and quick read that shows a very personal look at many different parts of the world. Fountain does an excellent job of depicting ...
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Best book of short stories I have read in years. The usual complaint about literary short stories is that they concern themselves with insignificant domestic issues and ignore the larger world--that however "fine" the writing, the content is trivial. And the most telling complaint about fiction that ...
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