Revolution

The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Central America, Biography & Memoir, Political
Cover of the book Revolution by Deb Olin Unferth, Henry Holt and Co.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Deb Olin Unferth ISBN: 9781429992121
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication: February 1, 2011
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. Language: English
Author: Deb Olin Unferth
ISBN: 9781429992121
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication: February 1, 2011
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co.
Language: English

Rising literary star Deb Olin Unferth offers a new twist on the coming-of-age memoir in this utterly unique and captivating story of the year she ran away from college with her Christian boyfriend and followed him to Nicaragua to join the Sandinistas.
Despite their earnest commitment to a myriad of revolutionary causes and to each other, the couple find themselves unwanted, unhelpful, and unprepared as they bop around Central America, looking for "revolution jobs." The year is 1987, a turning point in the Cold War. The East-West balance has begun to tip, although the world doesn't know it yet, especially not Unferth and her fiancé (he proposes on a roadside in El Salvador). The months wear on and cracks begin to form in their relationship: they get fired, they get sick, they run out of money, they grow disillusioned with the revolution and each other. But years later the trip remains fixed in her mind and she finally goes back to Nicaragua to try to make sense of it all. Unferth's heartbreaking and hilarious memoir perfectly captures the youthful search for meaning, and is an absorbing rumination on what happens to a country and its people after the revolution is over.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Rising literary star Deb Olin Unferth offers a new twist on the coming-of-age memoir in this utterly unique and captivating story of the year she ran away from college with her Christian boyfriend and followed him to Nicaragua to join the Sandinistas.
Despite their earnest commitment to a myriad of revolutionary causes and to each other, the couple find themselves unwanted, unhelpful, and unprepared as they bop around Central America, looking for "revolution jobs." The year is 1987, a turning point in the Cold War. The East-West balance has begun to tip, although the world doesn't know it yet, especially not Unferth and her fiancé (he proposes on a roadside in El Salvador). The months wear on and cracks begin to form in their relationship: they get fired, they get sick, they run out of money, they grow disillusioned with the revolution and each other. But years later the trip remains fixed in her mind and she finally goes back to Nicaragua to try to make sense of it all. Unferth's heartbreaking and hilarious memoir perfectly captures the youthful search for meaning, and is an absorbing rumination on what happens to a country and its people after the revolution is over.

More books from Henry Holt and Co.

Cover of the book We Sinners by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Pushing Murder by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Hurricane Dancers by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Every Friday by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Bunny Dreams by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Equinox by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book The Worst Loss by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book The Librarian of Auschwitz by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Holacracy by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Rewilding the World by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book The Sunshine When She's Gone by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book The Transformation by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Too Late to Die Young by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book Selling Your Services by Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of the book The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya by Deb Olin Unferth
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy