The well-meaning 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. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.
Ben Fountain Libri
La narrativa di Ben Fountain approfondisce le complessità della cultura americana e le realtà spesso invisibili della guerra. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una vibrante energia e da uno sguardo acuto e perspicace sulla società contemporanea. Attraverso le sue narrazioni, Fountain cattura magistralmente l'intricata esperienza umana, fondendo un'acuta osservazione con momenti sia di umorismo che di profonda empatia. La sua voce distintiva e la sua prospettiva unica offrono ai lettori un'esplorazione avvincente e spesso sorprendentemente originale del mondo moderno.
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
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- 12 ore di lettura
A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders
The 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.