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Loading... Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea (1998)by Sergio Ramírez
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 1907. León, Nicaragua. Durante un homenaje que le rinde su ciudad natal, Rubén Darío escribe en el abanico de una niña uno de sus más hermosos poemas: Margarita, está linda la mar... no reviews | add a review
"As he did in Castigo divino (1988), the great Nicaraguan novelist is fascinatingly concerned with creating a cultural context as well as recovering the intellectual templates of Central American mentalities. In 1907, when Darío purportedly writes 'Margarita, the sea is beautiful' on a little girl's fan, and 1956, where a gathering of inexperienced, romantic intellectuals also plots to kill Anastasio Somoza, are the poles of this prize-winning novel. In between, Ramírez subtly weaves a national master narrative that, by emphasizing the humanity rather than the myths that have sustained it, shows readers the hidden side of public figures. He manages to give a modernista, musical tinge to his language, thereby doubling the readers' attempts at deciphering its message. Fifteen years in the making, Margarita, está linda la mar is a masterpiece"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. No library descriptions found. |
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