Charles Atlas Also Dies 1 The Centerfielder 18 The Siege 25 A Bed of Bauxite in Weipa 34 Nicaragua Is White 53 To Jackie with All Our Heart 66 Saint Nikolaus 80 The Perfect Game 93 About the Author 110 About the Translator 112 About Readers International 113
In the two decades since Sergio Ramírez left active politics as a Sandinista leader of one of the great leftist revolutions of the Americas, his output as a writer and the appreciation of his literary achievement have only grown larger, culminating in his winning the Cervantes Prize, the highest literary accolade for a writer in the Hispanic world. These stories dating from early in his writing career and also marking his return to literature after a gap of some years in active politics, testify to the subtlety, delicacy and wit of Nicaragua’s leading literary voice.
