Evocacion, Aleida March
Evocacion, Aleida March
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Evocación

Author: Aleida March

Narrator: Irene Machado, Ignacio Rodríguez De Anca, Ernesto Báez

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/16/2024


Synopsis

La viuda del Che Guevara recuerda el gran romance revolucionario trágicamente acortado por el asesinato del Che en Bolivia.

Cuando Aleida March primero conoció al Che Guevara, ella era una combatiente de veinte años del interior de Cuba, él era un ya legendario revolucionario y un exuberante líder. Pero había una faceta más humana del Che a la cual Aleida accedió exclusivamente, primero como su compañera de confianza y luego como el amor de su vida. 

Con gran inmediatez y agudez, Aleida relata la historia de su romance épico —su cortejo intermitente contra el trasfondo de la guerra revolucionaria cubana, su casamiento cuando terminó la guerra y el nacimiento de sus cuatro hijos, hasta el asesinato trágico del Che en Bolivia menos de diez años después. Incluye fragmentos de sus cartas y un conmovedor cuento corto sobre el Che escrito por Aleida, este libro es un retrato íntimo del hombre detrás de la leyenda y la mujer tenaz y valiente que más lo conocía —un cuento sobre amor apasionado, sacrificio desgarrador y firme heroísmo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In this Spanish-language edition, Che Guevara’s widow remembers a great revolutionary romance tragically cut short by Che’s assassination in Bolivia.

When Aleida March first met Che Guevara, she was a twenty-year-old combatant from the provinces of Cuba, he an already legendary revolutionary and larger-than-life leader. And yet there was another, more human side to Che, one Aleida was given special access to, first as his trusted compañera and later as the love of his life.

With great immediacy and poignancy, Aleida recounts the story of their epic romance—their fitful courtship against the backdrop of the Cuban revolutionary war, their marriage at the war’s end and the birth of their four children, up through Che’s tragic assassination in Bolivia less than ten years later. Featuring excerpts from their letters and a moving short story Che wrote for Aleida, here is an intimate look at the man behind the legend and the tenacious, courageous woman who knew him best—a story of passionate love, wrenching sacrifice, and unwavering heroism.

About The Author

ALEIDA MARCH is the director of the Che Guevara Studies Center, Cuba. From a humble family background, she joined the Cuban revolutionary underground movement as a young teacher in Santa Clara, central Cuba. She met Che during the revolutionary war and they married in June 1959. She lives with their four children and numerous grandchildren in Havana.


Reviews

Goodreads review by T.M.

beautiful and touching... shedding light on the real Che despite the weight of propaganda against him!......more

Wow. I really couldn’t stop crying throughout all 200 odd pages. There’s something so heartbreaking about reading his poems to her, which are so painstakingly beautiful it seems unreal, knowing that as the years go by, and his letters become less of hellos and more of goodbyes, that his time is comi......more

Goodreads review by Heba

كتاب جميل ومهم جداً في عرض جزء مختلف من حياة البطل تشي جيفارا.......more

It was a nice attempt by Aleida March to show a glimpse of Che Guevara's more personal side, but I for the most part I just felt said for Aleida. It seemed she was always so desperate for the attention of her husband throughout their marriage. It would be interesting to learn more about Aleida, her......more

Goodreads review by Kinga

Ta książka nie powinna mi się podobać, bo opowiada o kim opowiada. Problem w tym, że w oczach swojej żony wypada on inaczej i to też jest jakieś spojrzenie na Che. Spojrzenie intymne, kobiece, pełne wiary w lepsze jutro. Nie znałam wcześniej biografii Che, więc dla mnie było to coś interesującego. D......more