You Dreamed Of Empires Tu Sueo Imperios Han Sido Alvaro Enrigue by Alvaro Enrigue, Natasha Wimmer (translation) 9780593544792, 9780593544815, 059354479X, 0593544811 instant download after payment.

One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés entered the city of Tenochtitlan – today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of 2 worlds, 2 empires, 2 languages, 2 possible futures. Cortés was accompanied by his 9 captains, his troops, & his 2 translators: Friar Aguilar, a taciturn, former slave, & Malinalli, a strategic, former princess. Greeted at a ceremonial welcome meal by the steely princess Atotoxli, sister & wife of Moctezuma, the Spanish nearly bungle their entrance to the city. As they await their meeting with Moctezuma– who is at a political, spiritual, & physical crossroads, & relies on hallucinogens to get himself through the day & in quest for any kind of answer from the gods – the Spanish are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés’s captains, Jazmín Caldera, overwhelmed by the grandeur of the city, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed into the city, & wonders at the risks of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. 

You Dreamed of Empires brings to life Tenochtitlan at its height, & reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original Alvaro Enrigue sets afire the moment of conquest & turns it into a moment of revolution, a restitutive, fantastical counter-attack, in a novel so electric & so unique that it feels like a dream.

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“Enrigue’s genius lies in his ability to bring readers close to its tangled knot of priests, mercenaries, warriors & princesses while adding a pinch of biting humor.”–Silvia Moreno-Garcia, LA Times 

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Álvaro Enrigue: 5 novels & 3 books of short stories. His first novel Sudden Death —his 1st translated into English—was awarded the prestigious Herralde Prize in Spain, the Elena Poniatowska International Novel Award in Mexico,...