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Highlights
- Cuando Malinalli conoce a Hernán Cortés, asume que se trata del propio Dios Quetzalcóatl que regresa a liberar a su pueblo.
- About the Author: Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City in 1950.
- 224 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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About the Book
When Malinalli meets Hernán Cortes, she assumes that it is the God Quetzalcoatl himself who returns to liberate his people. The two fall passionately in love, but this love is soon destroyed by Cortes's inordinate thirst for conquest, power, and wealth.Book Synopsis
Cuando Malinalli conoce a Hernán Cortés, asume que se trata del propio Dios Quetzalcóatl que regresa a liberar a su pueblo. Los dos se enamoran apasionadamente, pero este amor pronto es destruido por la desmedida sed de conquista, poder y riqueza de Cortés. A lo largo de la historia de México Malinalli/Malinche ha sido conocida por su traición al pueblo indio. Pero recientes investigaciones históricas han demostrado que Malinalli fue la mediadora entre dos culturas, la hispánica y la indígena; y entre dos lenguas, el español y el náhuatl. Lo que Esquivel ha hecho en esta novela es desafiar la mitología tradicional mediante un retrato muy temperamental del Adán y la Eva de la cultura mestiza, Cortés y Malinalli, con la caída del imperio azteca como telón de fondo. Contada con el lirismo de la tradición cantarina y pictórica del náhuatl, Laura Esquivel nos brinda un mito fundacional de la cultura híbrida del Nuevo Mundo y una extraordinaria historia de amor.Review Quotes
"[an] amazing story."
-- "San Francisco Chronicle"
"Ambitious and inventive."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
"Elegant and simple prose."
-- "New York Post"
"Esquivel puts imaginative flesh on the bones of legend."
-- "The Boston Globe"
"Lyrical."
-- "The New York Times"
"There's something gentle, mystical, yet strong about Laura Esquivel."
-- "The Miami Herald"
About the Author
Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City in 1950. Her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate, has sold more than four and a half million copies around the world and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year. She currently lives in MexicoDimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: Atria Books
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Laura Esquivel
Language: Spanish
Street Date: April 15, 2008
TCIN: 77269914
UPC: 9780743290364
Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-7894
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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