Fire from the Mountain

1985 foreword by Carlos Fuentes; "his first weapon is a language as fresh, funny, direct, and irreverent as any produced by Latin AMercian literature in its history" a rare insider's view into a revolutionary army whose only enlistment criteria are deep reserves of patience, a white-hot outrage and the (perhaps) naive belief that one can overcome shocking odds and upend the entrenched...a song of morality and optimism and gritty idealism sure to raise the spirits and set an example for those fighting the good fight vs the evil empire...

I read this book when I was study Psychology in the Central American University, Nicaragua. The author of the book give you the opportunity to get a new vision of life. Specifically when he explain to you what mean to be "a new man",("hombre nuevo"). You always could made another extra step if you really have the appropiate inspiration. From that time the idea to be a "new man" is always present in every one and all of my actions. This book change my life because I got a new perspective of how to see and live my own life. I recomend this book to anyone who really want to learn and get a high dosis of positive stimulus.

A new man..... Hombre nuevoReviewer: Carlos Avalos from Providence, RI USAI read this book when I was study Psychology in the Central American University, Nicaragua. The author of the book gives you the opportunity to get a new vision of life. Specifically when he explain to you what mean to be "a new man",("hombre nuevo"). You always could make another extra step if you really have the appropriate inspiration. From that time the idea to be a "new man" is always present in every one and all of my actions. This book changes my life because I got a new perspective of how to see and live my own life. I recommend this book to anyone who really wants to learn and get a high dose of positive stimulus.

I'm a college student and last year I made a Presentation about Nicaragua In my class of Latin America stadies. I had this book over six months, but I never read it. To me it did not had material I need it. This past weekend I started to read and my surprise was, that it's full of so many emotions and information material. It explained the whys and doubts of the people to change the Somaza government and How big part the college students played in this amazing revolution movement to made it come true. It's one of the best bood I had read about the Guerrilla war in Latin America.

This autobiographical novel by a fighter in Nicaragua's revolution is engaging, sometimes funny and very readable. It is the personal tale of his experiences in the revolution, notably in the mountains and thence the title. Don't worry, it is not polemical, he tells it like it was.