Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-382).
Summary:
"La protagonista indiscutible de la Conquista de M̌xico cuenta su verdadera historia. Durante la primavera de 1519, Herǹn Corťs recibe como tributo varias esclavas, sin saber que entre ellas se encuentra una joven que cambiar̀ su destino. Malintzin tambǐn conocida como Malinche, sabe hablar con fluidez maya y ǹhuatl, y utilizar̀ estas lenguas para sobrevivir en medio de una guerra inevitable y un mundo que dejar̀ de existir entre el humo y el fuego. De forma ̕ntima, esta inolvidable novela recrea la vida de una mujer que fue protagonista de momentos y batallas que marcaron el violento choque de dos mundos, y que llev̤ palabras entre el capit̀n castellano Herǹn Corťs y el huey tlatoani Motecuhzoma, dos hombres que ten̕an ideas muy diferentes sobre la vida, el honor, la fe y la muerte. Tambǐn rescata los per̕odos m̀s desconocidos de la vida de Malitnzin, desde su infancia y adolescencia hasta los primeros ąos de la Colonia espąola en Am̌rica, tras la ca̕da de la Gran Tenochtitlan. Sin duda, esta reveladora novela invita a reflexionar sobre uno de los momentos m̀s dolorosos y menos comprendidos de la historia de M̌xico."-- Provided by Barnes & Noble. "The undisputed protagonist of the Conquest of Mexico tells her true story. During the spring of 1519, Herǹn Corťs receives several slaves as payment, without knowing that among them is a young woman who will change his destiny. Malintzin, also known as Malinche, can speak Mayan and Nahuatl fluently, and she will use these languages to survive in the midst of an inevitable war and a world that will cease to exist between smoke and fire. In an intimate way, this unforgettable novel recreates the life of a woman who was the protagonist of moments and battles that marked the violent clash of two worlds, and who brought words between the Castilian captain Herǹn Corťs and the huey tlatoani Motecuhzoma, two men who had very different ideas about life, honor, faith, and death. It also rescues the most unknown periods of Malitnzin's life, from her childhood and adolescence until the early years of the Spanish Colony in America, after the fall of Great Tenochtitlan. Without a doubt, this revealing novel invites us to reflect on one of the most painful and least understood moments in Mexico's history."-- Provided by Barnes & Noble.
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