First published 1987
Salman Rushdie travels to Nicaragua to witness the Sandinista revolution firsthand. He encounters a country in flux, with warring factions, oppressive censorship, and a tenuous revolutionary spirit. As Rushdie navigates this complex landscape, he grapples with the ideals of the revolution and the realities of its implementation, exposing the human costs of political upheaval.
Genres: 20th-century, political-science, biography-memoir, activism
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, gritty
Setting: Nicaragua
Period: Revolution, 1979, 1981-, 1979-
154 pages · Hardcover · Transaction/ISIS Books