num_pages: 160
description: Salman Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986, harboring no preconceptions of what he might find. What he discovered was overwhelming: a culture of heroes who had turned into inanimate objects and of politicians and warriors who were poets; a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions. His perceptions always heightened by his special sensitivity to “the views from underneath,” Rushdie reveals a land resounding with the clashes between history and morality, government and individuals.
language: English
title: The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
titlecomplete: The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
genres: 20th Century, Politics, Biography, Travel, India, War, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 2302
places: Nicaragua
publisher: Picador