Malinche Spanish Version: Novela

When Malinalli meets Hernán Cortés, she assumes that he is the God Quetzalcoatl himself, returning to liberate her people. The two fall passionately in love, but this love is soon destroyed by Cortés's immoderate thirst for conquest, power, and riches.

Throughout Mexican history Malinalli/Malinche has been known for her betrayal of the Indian people. But recent historical research has shown that Malinalli was the mediator between two cultures, Hispanic and indigenous; and between two languages, Spanish and Nahuatl.

What Esquivel has done in this novel is to challenge traditional mythology by providing a highly temperamental portrait of the Adam and Eve of mestizo culture, Cortés and Malinalli, against the backdrop of the fall of the Aztec empire. Told with the lyricism of the Nahuatl singing and pictorial tradition, Laura Esquivel provides us with a foundational myth of the New World's hybrid culture and an extraordinary love story.

Autor: Laura Esquivel
Editorial: Atria Books
Publicado: 15/04/2008
Páginas: 224
Tipo de encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Peso: 0.45 libras
Tamaño: 8.20 alto x 5.30 ancho x 0.60 profundidad
ISBN13: 9780743290364
ISBN10: 0743290364
Idioma: Español
Categorías BISAC:
- Ficción | Histórico | General
- Ficción | Hispano y Latino | General
- Ficción | Romance | Histórico | General

Acerca del autor
Laura Esquivel nació en la Ciudad de México en 1950. Su primera novela, Como agua para chocolate, ha vendido más de cuatro millones y medio de copias en todo el mundo y permaneció en la lista de los libros más vendidos del New York Times durante más de un año. Actualmente vive en México