Carlos, El Amanecer Ya No Es Una Tentacion

by Tomás Borge

Paperback

Published January 1, 1982

About the author

Tomás Borge Martínez (often spelled as Thomas Borge in United States newspapers) was a cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the administrations of Daniel Ortega. He was also a renowned statesman, writer, and politician. Tomás Borge also held the titles of "Vice-Secretary and President of the FSLN", member of the Nicaraguan Parliament and National Congress, and Ambassador to Peru. Considered a hardliner, he led the "prolonged people's war" tendency within the FSLN until his death.

Borge was the author of several works of poetry, essays, and an autobiography. The Cuban poet Roberto Fernandez Retamar believes that Borge's book "Carlos, el amanecer no es sólo un sueño", which he wrote in prison, is comparable in literary merit to the documentary prose of Gabriel García Márquez.

Some of his published titles are "The Patient Impatience", "A Grain of Corn", and "The Anticipated Ceremony".

Reviews

[Fran]

« Mañana, algún día, pronto, brillará un sol desconocido para iluminar la tierra que nos prometieron nuestros héroes y mártires; tierra con caudalosos ríos de leche y miel donde florecerán todos los frutos, menos el fruto de la discordia, y donde el hombre será hermano del hombre, en el que reinará el amor, la generosidad y el heroísmo, y a cuyas puertas nuestro pueblo será un ángel guardián que con una espada de fuego impedirá el retorno del egoísmo la prepotencia, la soberbia, la corrupción, la violencia y la explotación cruel y agresiva de unos hombres contra otros. »