The Motorcycle Diaries

Notes on a Latin American Journey

De: Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara - foreword

Narrado por: Jason Manuel Olazabal

A New York Times best seller

The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist. It captures, arguably as much as any book ever written, the exuberance and joy of one person's youthful belief in the possibilities of humankind tending toward justice, peace, and happiness.

After the release in 2004 of the exhilarating film of the same title, directed by Walter Salles, the book became a New York Times and international best seller.

Cover photo: © 2019 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center (Havana), and Ocean Press

©2003 Ernesto Che Guevara and Aleida March (P)2021 Audible, Inc.

makes you want to travel the world

the narration was was great!he actually sounded like a human than a robot, the most memorable moments were the funny things that happened on their adventure. love that che spoke to and talked about the Indians from different countries in South America and sheds light of of what they go through.

The Journey of a Lifetime

This is a wonderful travelogue and gives us eyes onto the Latin America observed as a young medical student. It is a novel of growth and insight into the causes of illness (largely, poverty and malnutrition) and good fellowship with many, many people for whom he had great affection.

The final chapters are a call to develop "the new man," which sounds much like the new Soviet man and was an abject failure. If we put those revolutionary impulses aside and just enjoy this bildungsroman for what it is, we can really enjoy it. In his travel observations Guevara had a keen sense of humor, often self-deprecatory, which makes him irresistibly likelable.

Patria o Muerte! Viva Che!

Every heart that beats with a conscience can find a piece of themselves in the wayward asthmatic turned heroic guerrilla; Che.

Great listen for the journey

Book was worth the trip and you get hear the experience he had traveling across South America

A True Freedom Fighter

Che Guevara is a personal hero of mine who fought for the little man against the giants of corruption and oppression. This story is one of a man who traveled with an open heart and an open mind and was impacted by the things that he had seen spread through South America, both positive and negative.