| Fidel = Fidel Contributor(s): Kohan, Nestor (Author), Scherma, Nahuel (Illustrator), Jones, Miracle (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1583227830 ISBN-13: 9781583227831 Publisher: Siete Cuentos Editorial OUR PRICE: $11.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: September 2010 Annotation: The Cuban Revolution of 1959, spearheaded by the young Fidel Castro along with his companion in arms, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, is mythic in both its dream and reality. Fidel offers a uniquely readable and illustrated account of the struggle for Castro to define and defend his nation in the face of fear and opposition from the United States, Cuba's neighbor a scant ninety miles away. In addition to discussing the Bay of Pigs and the Cold War, the author examines Cuban influence in Latin American insurgencies, the student protests of 1968 Europe, the African-American uprisings of the United States, the liberation of Vietnam, the decolonization of Africa, the end of Apartheid, and the rise of Cuban-ally Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela. Along with entertaining comics and photographs, this short read traces the ambitions of Castro as he aims to endow the face of socialism with creative, intelligent, and humanitarian features, and shows a man indistinguishable from his revolution and his country. Nestor Kohan, born in Buenos Aires in 1967, is the author of a number of Spanish-language books on Marxism, Che Guevara, and social movements in Latin America. Nahuel Scherma is an Argentinian filmmaker and documentarian. Fidel is his first book of illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010024482 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.34" W x 7.4" (0.41 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: En los Estados Unidos, a noventa millas de las costas cubanas, el tema de Fidel Castro enciende a la gente: algunos dicen que es un dictador, otros dicen que es un libertador. En Fidel, N stor Kohan y Nahuel Scherma presentan a una de las figuras sobresalientes del siglo veinte desde la perspectiva latinoamericana: como el l der que, durante m s de cincuenta a os, hizo frente al poder militar m s grande del mundo, y se mantuvo de pie. Aqu , en la prosa mordaz de Kohan y las ilustraciones apasionadas de Scherma, aparece el hombre quien, inspirado por d cadas de pensamiento marxista latinoamericano, luch desde las monta as de Sierra Maestra para liberar a su pa s--el hombre que camin al borde de la l nea fina entre las amenazas militares de los Estados Unidos y la coerci n pol tica de la Uni n Sovi tica--el hombre que se convirti en un l der de la revoluci n en contra de los gobiernos colonialistas desde Angola a Vietnam a Am rica Latina--el hombre que luch , sobre todo, para transformar la conciencia de su pueblo, diseminar alfabetismo, cultura, y salud para todos en la isla. Este es Fidel--el hombre que se convirti en el s mbolo de la revoluci n en el Nuevo Mundo. |
