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Nicaraguan Sketches

After making a clandestine visit to Nicaragua in 1976, Cortazar writes fifteen essays of the war-ravaged country. They deal with the artistic renaissance following the revolution, the contra war, and the writer's role in Latin America.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 142 pages

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