You Dreamed of Empires
(Sprache: Englisch)
'A lively, arresting read' The Times
In 1519, Conquistador Hernán Cortés and his troops ride into the floating city of Tenoxtitlan - today's Mexico City - in this hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story.
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In 1519, Conquistador Hernán Cortés and his troops ride into the floating city of Tenoxtitlan - today's Mexico City - in this hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story.
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'A lively, arresting read' The TimesIn 1519, Conquistador Hernán Cortés and his troops ride into the floating city of Tenoxtitlan - today's Mexico City - in this hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story.
Invited to a ceremonial meal with the steely princess Atotoxtli, sister and wife of the emperor Moctezuma, the Spanish nearly bungle their entrance into the city and its labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés's captains, Jazmín Caldera, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed, and wonders at the risks of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire.
Moctezuma himself is at a political, spiritual and physical crossroads, relying on hallucinogens in a quest for any kind of answer from the gods. When Cortés and Moctezuma meet, two worlds, empires, languages, and possible futures collide.
You Dreamed of Empires brings to life Tenoxtitlan at its height - and reimagines its destiny.
It sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, in a novel so electric and so unique that it feels like a dream.
Translated by Natasha Wimmer
Autoren-Porträt von Álvaro Enrigue
Alvaro Enrigue
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Álvaro Enrigue
- 2024, 224 Seiten, Maße: 13,9 x 21,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Natasha Wimmer
- Verlag: Harvill Secker
- ISBN-10: 1787303802
- ISBN-13: 9781787303805
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Parts of the novel play like an Aztec West Wing, taking us deep into the political manoeuvrings of the royal court but blending its particularities with 21st-century psychology. It's a rich approach that achieves a hallucinatory vividness Guardian
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