{"product_id":"castro","title":"Castro","description":"- Translated from the German, Castro is the first graphic novel to depict the revolutionary life of Fidel Castro. This is the first North American edition; the first English-language edition was published by Selfmade Hero in the UK in 2011 (it was never released outside of Europe).\u003cbr\u003e- The announcement in December 2014 by President Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro that the US and Cuba would begin a process of normalizing relations has propelled Cuba back into the American spotlight, 55 years after the Cuban revolution of 1959.\u003cbr\u003e- The book reveals the life of Castro as seen through the eyes of a German journalist visiting the country as it is thrust into revolution in 1958. We witness Castro's intellectual coming of age as a young man; his charismatic ascent to power after the revolution; his confrontation with and subsequent falling-out with America and, later, post-Soviet Russia; and his defiant, divisive later years, finally retiring in 2008 due to poor health.\u003cbr\u003e- Author Kleist visited Cuba in 2008, which provided rich material for this graphic novel. Kleist is well regarded as a comics artist in his home country of Germany and elsewhere; the subject matter of his graphic novels include Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54426138706258,"sku":"9781551525945","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_b559b253-2e56-4723-a837-270fad15812e.jpg?v=1787923553","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/castro","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}