You Dreamed Of Empires Av Alvaro Enrigue

<p><b>A hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story in sixteenth-century Mexico, from the visionary author of <i>Sudden Death</i><br><br>''Glorious''</b><b><i>i-D</i></b><br><br>One morning in 1519, conquistador Hern¿Cort¿rode into the floating city of Tenoxtitlan ¿ today¿s Mexico City ¿ accompanied by his eight captains, his troops, and his two translators.<br><br>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 Cort¿s captains, Jazm¿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.<br><br>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 Cort¿and Moctezuma meet later that day, two worlds, empires, languages and possible futures co

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