History and fiction are poetically entangled to retell modern Nicaraguan history. In 1907 Rubén Darío, the legendary poet, writes the famous verse, Margarita, está linda la mar, on the fan of a nine-year-old girl. Fifty years later, the same girl plays a role in the plot to assassinate the dictator Anastasio Somoza. Description in Spanish:
- León, Nicaragua. Durante un homenaje que le rinde su ciudad natal, Rubén Darío escribe en el abanico de una niña uno de sus más hermosos poemas: "Margarita, está linda la mar...".
- En un café de León una tertulia se reúne desde hace años, dedicada, entre otras cosas, a la rigurosa reconstrucción de la leyenda del poeta. Pero también a conspirar. Anastasio Somoza visita la ciudad en compañía de su esposa, doña Salvadorita. Está previsto un banquete de pompa y boato. Habrá un atentado contra la vida del tirano, y aquella niña del abanico, medio siglo más tarde, no será ajena a los hechos.
Author
Sergio Ramírez Mercado (born August 5, 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as Vice President of the country 1985-1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. Born in Masatepe in 1942, he published his first book, Cuentos, in 1963. He received his law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua of León in 1964, where he obtained the Gold Medal for being the best student. In 1977 Ramírez became head of the "Group of Twelve", a group of prominent intellectuals, priests, businesspeople, and members of civil society who publicly stated their support for the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) in its struggle to topple the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. With the triumph of the Revolution in 1979, he became part of the Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction, where he presided over the National Council of Education. He was elected vice-president of Nicaragua in 1984 and was sworn in 1985.
