The Jaguar Smile : A Nicaraguan Journey

by Salman Rushdie Publisher : Viking Year : 1987 Edition : First Printing : First Pages : 171 Condition : Very Good Binding : Hardcover Dust Jacket : Yes Price : $94.95

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BY Salman Rushdie Viking, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. ("First American Edition" stated on copyright page.) Boards and spine are straight, clean and tight, small remainder spot on bottom edge, interior is spotless. Dust Jacket is Unclipped, bright and shiny, now in a protective Brodart cover. The Nicaraguan civil war, the Sandinistas, and the US involvement in yet another Latin American coup, as seen through the eyes of the author of The Satanic Verses. The author's account on the Nicaraguan Revolution and its aftermath. Now considered a late-modern classic. Originally published in an extremely small and limited print run as a paperback only. In 1986, the seventh year of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua and three years before a fatwa from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini forced him to go into deep hiding, Salman Rushdie, one of the most politically committed writers in the world, visited the country to see conditions for himself. Rushdie introduces the background to the Nicaraguan Revolution that forced Anastasio Somoza Debayle's resignation in 1979 and delves into the stories of Augusto Sandino, the nationalist rebel leader executed by Anastasio Somoza Garcia's Guardia Nacional, and the Somoza Dynasty, which lasted for forty years, one of the longest among modern dictatorships. Rushdie interviewed some of the Sandinista leaders, including President Daniel Ortega. He also visited Bluefields, where there are Miskito, Sumo, and Rama natives, alienated first by the Somozas and then the Sandinistas. One tragedy is that there were only 23 Ramas left at the time he wrote the book and any attempt to preserve their language is hampered by the fact that many of them have few teeth, making proper enunciation all but impossible. Critical of the Reagan Administration's policies, he paints an even-handed view of the Sandinistas, listing their ideals while at the same time detailing repressive measures which eventually led to the Revolution's downfall. A "must-have" title for Salman Rushdie collectors. 171 pages.

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