Publisher's Synopsis
Che Guevara is one of those people who you either like or dislike. He's a topic that people still talk about. He's a bit of a controversial figure, to say the least. People have talked about him from all sides: as the revolutionary martyr, the ruthless killer ("butcher of La Cabaña"), the romantic adventurer, the dogmatic idealist. But what was he really like?
This new biography (2025) doesn't take a glorifying or demonising stance. It's not about glorifying or demonising Che, but exploring his life from a psychological perspective, combining historical data with an in-depth look at his character and motivations. It uses testimonies and documents from 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 that back up what we already knew, as well as other biographies.
Unlike traditional biographies, this one relies on several sources and contradicts what Jon Lee Anderson, Pacho O'Donnell, Nicolás Márquez and Paco Ignacio Taibo, among others, have said. It doesn't get involved in any ideology or try to push any propaganda, it just goes deep to see what's behind the legend. It looks at more than just his actions, but also his way of thinking, his obsessions, his poetry, the mystery of his crimes, his seduction and his relationships, and the attraction that his figure exerts.
Ernesto Guevara is a mysterious character, not simple, he has many facets. To understand him better, you have to immerse yourself fully in his era and in the history of the countries he lived in.
Like Tamara López's other psychological biographies, this new and amazing biography of Che Guevara is a book for those who want to get closer to the human being beyond the stories already told and the stereotypes, for those who dare to explore the labyrinth of the human mind without fear of finding monsters -or perhaps, of discovering themselves in them-.
