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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Cycle Diaries: Latin America in the Tracks of Che Guevara

The Cycle Diaries: Latin America in the Tracks of Che Guevara

Sayarer, Julian

Hardcover

Travel GeneralGeneral Latin American HistoryInternational Relations

Publisher Price: $32.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 20, 2026

ISBN10: 1529439965
ISBN13: 9781529439960
Publisher: Maclehose Press Quercus
Published: Oct 20 2026
Pages: 384
Language: English
Armed with a copy of The Motorcyle Diaries, Julian Sayarer sets out on his bicycle in a quest to follow the 1952 journey of Ernesto Che Guevara through Latin America.

From the emptiness of the Argentine Pampa, to the vast Atacama Desert and the mighty Amazon River, the road reveals the story of Guevara himself, and of indigenous Mapuche communities shut inside reserves, lumber wars, copper mines, coca plantations and oil pipelines.

Bringing the Diaries into a new century, Sayarer explores what has changed and what has stayed the same, taking in the history of the Cold War and the colonial conquest that came before it. His journey shows also that global politics can never truly be left behind, introducing him to socialist pensioners who have retired outside of the US and the reach of the FBI, and refugees of war trying to treat their trauma with ayahuasca. Meanwhile, meetings with Palestinian diplomats and a distant diaspora offer a reminder of events that are impossible to escape even half a world away.

The altitude of the Andes and Altiplano, and roaring headwinds of Patagonia, make for a seldom easy ten thousand kilometre trip, but Sayarer is propelled by a desire to understand a century and a continent shaped by war and empire, and finds in the pedal strokes of adventure a small act of resistance: the simple freedom of life on two wheels.

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