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Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
Ben Fountain
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Description for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
Paperback. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
This debut collection from the man Malcolm Gladwell described as a genius took readers by storm. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, Ben Fountain's impeccable and devastatingly funny stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance.
This debut collection from the man Malcolm Gladwell described as a genius took readers by storm. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, Ben Fountain's impeccable and devastatingly funny stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857867117
SKU
V9780857867117
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-25
About Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain is the author of the acclaimed short-story collection Brief Encounters with Che Guevara and a debut novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the 2012 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2012 National Book Award. In addition, he has received the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction, an O. Henry Award and two Pushcart Prizes. He was also shortlisted for the International Author of the Year Award in 2012. His fiction has been published in Harper's, The Paris Review, Zoetrope: All-Story and Stories from the South: The Year's Best, and his nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times among other publications. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
Reviews for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
Exceptional . . . Each of these eight stories is as rich as a novel . . . Heartbreaking, absurd, deftly drawn
New York Times
Fountain has the storytelling gifts to bring the world home to us and a moral compass set to true north
Gary Shteyngart Brave, intelligent fiction
Independent on Sunday
The work of a very talented writer who is keenly engaged with analysing American identity in the wider world... Beyond the pleasures of Fountain's vivid image-making and fluent storytelling, his collection's great accomplishment is the depth of reality it gives the foreign settings
Chris Power
Guardian
It is such an unexpected joy, in this age of introspection, to discover an American writer with a global outlook
Jim Crace, author of BEING DEAD Fountain writes with sparkle and dark humour
Daily Express
In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures
Boston Globe
Impeccable . . . an heir to Paul Theroux
Kirkus Reviews
A collection of stories dealing with moral choices, with the complexity of what being decent can mean . . . It's funny. And human. There's no pretense or cleverness - it's just a beautiful book
Boston Globe
Fountain prowls similar turf to that of Tom Bissell, Gary Shteyngart and even early Thomas Pynchon . . . an impressive performance from an author with a gift for reaching into the past and producing something compelling and new
Los Angeles Times Book Review
New York Times
Fountain has the storytelling gifts to bring the world home to us and a moral compass set to true north
Gary Shteyngart Brave, intelligent fiction
Independent on Sunday
The work of a very talented writer who is keenly engaged with analysing American identity in the wider world... Beyond the pleasures of Fountain's vivid image-making and fluent storytelling, his collection's great accomplishment is the depth of reality it gives the foreign settings
Chris Power
Guardian
It is such an unexpected joy, in this age of introspection, to discover an American writer with a global outlook
Jim Crace, author of BEING DEAD Fountain writes with sparkle and dark humour
Daily Express
In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures
Boston Globe
Impeccable . . . an heir to Paul Theroux
Kirkus Reviews
A collection of stories dealing with moral choices, with the complexity of what being decent can mean . . . It's funny. And human. There's no pretense or cleverness - it's just a beautiful book
Boston Globe
Fountain prowls similar turf to that of Tom Bissell, Gary Shteyngart and even early Thomas Pynchon . . . an impressive performance from an author with a gift for reaching into the past and producing something compelling and new
Los Angeles Times Book Review