{"product_id":"brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories-isbn-9780060885601","title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award * A National Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exceptional story collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe well-intentioned protagonists of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e—including a disillusioned NGO worker, the wife of a special operations officer, and an obssessed ornithologist—are caught, to both disastrous and hilarious effect, in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith masterful pacing and a robust sense of the absurd, each story is a self-contained adventure, steeped in the heady mix of tragedy and danger, excitement and hope, that characterizes countries in transition. An intelligent and keenly observed collection, \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e marks the arrival of a striking and resonant new voice that speaks adeptly to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe well-meaning protagonists of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevara\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An impeccable debut collection; if Fountain can keep it up, he’s an heir to Paul Theroux.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wildly plotted, astutely observed, and beautifully rendered.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaivd Means, author of Assorted Fire Events and The Secret Goldfish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An impressive and entertaining book of short stories...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He imbues each narrative with an understanding of international politics and conflicts, and the sticky moral complexities involved.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…exceptional story collection…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The work of a talented writer pursuing compelling and complicated themes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...an author with a gift for reaching into the past and producing something compelling and new.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fountain is a writer to watch; better, a writer to read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...exceptional story collection...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exceptional story collection. . .  Heartbreaking, absurd, deftly drawn. . .” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“... Fountain[’s]excursions into foreign infernos have an innocence all their own.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superb debut story collection... Fountain knows the Third World; he [writes] with a precision that suggests firsthand knowledge.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Fountain’s] really a bright light on character in extreme conditions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill Blythe, The News and Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ben Fountain writes the kind of stories that Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene used to write... - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Exhilarating first story collection.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Fountain] is a gifted storyteller and his collection will blow your literary socks off.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTucson Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . .grand. . . darkly funny. . . important as anything you will see on the nightly news.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeseret Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ben Fountain writes the kind of stories that Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene used to write.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fountain ... gets his message across without forsaking characterization and vivid descriptiveness. . .a revealing view of the human condition.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...Fountain’s stories reach for a broader engagement...This book is a step in the right direction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . .wonderful. . .lush, sophisticated...very funny. . .Fountain is an original...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ben Fountain writes deftly about fear and disorientation abroad in his first story collection.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . .finely crafted. . . irony abounds in Fountain’s mini-theaters of the absurd.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e” ...the ambition and global outlook of Fountain’s fiction marks a welcome addition to the literature produced in our state.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Short-story collections don’t come much better than this.  Brief Encounters With Che Guevara offers pointed prose, nimble revelation...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fountain... is the perfect author to convert people who don’t read short stories.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArkansas Democrat-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ ... Fountain chooses just the right details, metaphors, similes and descriptions...life rendered in sentences seem[s] as life lived.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“... an author with a gift for reaching into the past and producing something compelling and new.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ben Fountain takes readers all over the world, navigating the alleys of the human soul with an expert’s hand.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe California Aggie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fountain has the storytelling gifts to bring the world home to us and a moral compass set to true north.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fountain’s confidence in taking on real world problems is matched by his reluctance to pontificate or judge.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNell Freudenberger, author of The Dissident\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is such an unexpected joy, in this age of introspection, to discover an American writer with a global outlook.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJim Crace, author of Genesis and Being Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] brilliant...exhilarating book, filled with heavenly language and insight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Bissell, author of Chasing the Sea and God Lives in St. Petersburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ben Fountain...blew me out of the water. 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