Sergio Ramrez, writer and former civilian leader in the Sandinista revolutionary government from 1985-1990, has now won the Cervantes Prize, the highest literary award in the Hispanic world. He wrote his great panoramic novel from exile, and this was the first Nicaraguan novel ever translated into English. The long years of dictatorship in Nicaragua are dramatically recreated as cabaret singers, activists, policemen, prostitutes, beauty queens and would-be presidents haunt this sophisticated, lyrical and timeless epic of resistance and retribution.';One of the most talented Central American writers of his generation' NEW YORK TIMESSubtle and convincing, the book never loses its linguistic power or elegiac emotion.' LOS ANGELES TIMESRich in vivid and sensuous details of everyday lifeout of which come potent emblems' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
| ISBN: | 9781887378185 |
| Publication date: | 16th April 2018 |
| Author: | Ramirez, Sergio |
| Publisher: | Readers International |
| Format: | Ebook |
Sergio Ramrez, writer and former civilian leader in the Sandinista revolutionary government from 1985-1990, has now won the Cervantes Prize, the highest literary award in the Hispanic world. He wrote his great panoramic novel from exile, and this was the first Nicaraguan novel ever translated into English. The long years of dictatorship in Nicaragua are dramatically recreated as cabaret singers, activists, policemen, prostitutes, beauty queens and would-be presidents haunt this sophisticated, lyrical and timeless epic of resistance and retribution.';One of the most talented Central American writers of his generation' NEW YORK TIMESSubtle and convincing, the book never loses its linguistic power or elegiac emotion.' LOS ANGELES TIMESRich in vivid and sensuous details of everyday lifeout of which come potent emblems' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
To Bury Our Fathers features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
To Bury Our Fathers is available in Ebook
To Bury Our Fathers was written by Ramirez, Sergio and published by Readers International
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