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Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea

Published
May 2008
Main Genre
Literary Literary
Pages
314

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Leon, Nicaragua, 1907. During a tribute he delivers during his triumphal return to his native city, Ruben Dario writes on the fan of a little girl one of his most famous poems, "Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea."

In 1956 in a cafe in Leon, a group of literati gather, dedicated, among other things, to the rigorous reconstruction of the legend surrounding Dario-but also to conspire. There will be an attempt against dictator Somoza's life, and that little girl with the fan a half-century before will not be a disinterested party.

In "Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea," Sergio Ramirez encompasses, in a complete metaphor of reality and legend, the entire history of his country. The narrative moves along paths fifty years apart, which inevitably converge. The story becomes a fascinating exercise on the power of memory, on the influence of the past, fictitious or not, in the finality of reality."

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Apr 2005 Curbstone Press ISBN13 9781931896146 ISBN10 1931896143
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Apr 2005 Curbstone Press ISBN13 9781880684849 ISBN10 1880684845
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