Margarita, how beautiful the sea

Sergio Ramírez

Original title: Margarita, está linda la mar

Translated by Michael Miller first published 1998 Curbstone Press, 2008 paperback 314 pages

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"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...

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Michael Miller 2 printings we hold · 2008 · Curbstone Press

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Editions we hold

Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea hardcover · 2008 · Curbstone Press · 320 pages · 9781931896429
Margarita, how beautiful the sea paperback · 2008 · Curbstone Press · 314 pages · 9781931896412
Margarita, Esta Linda La Mar audiobook · 2004 · Recorded Books / AudioLibros
Margarita, how beautiful the sea edition · 2002 · Curbstone Press
Margarita, está linda la mar paperback · 2001 · Punto de Lectura · 480 pages · 9788466301954
Margarita, está linda la mar edition · 1998 · Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara · 373 pages
Margarita, está linda la mar edition · 1998 · Santillana · 373 pages

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