Rushdie describes his experiences in Nicaragua, giving a haunting portrait of the people, politics land and poetry that he discovered on his visit in 1986 Presents a portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua. This book brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of revolution. It shows us the true Nicaragua, where nothing is simple, everything is contested, and life-or-death struggles are an everyday occurrence.
