You dreamed of empires

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‘A lively, arresting read’ The TimesIn 1519, Conquistador Hernán Cortés prepares to attack 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

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Autor: Alvaro Enrigue

Autor

ALVARO ENRIGUE

Álvaro Enrigue (Guadalajara, 1969) ganhou destaque nas letras mexicanas com seu livro de estreia, La muerte de un instalador (1996). Com Hipotermía (2005) e Vidas perpendiculares (2008), que jogam com as articulações entre romance e narrativa breve, firmou-se no primeiro plano da ficção latino-americana contemporânea. Ex-editor da tradicional editora Fondo de Cultura Económica e da revista literária Letras Libres, é colaborador do New York Times e dá aulas de literatura. Lança na Flip 2016 o seu primeiro romance publicado no Brasil, Morte súbita (2016), que imagina uma partida de tênis entre o poeta Quevedo e o pintor Caravaggio, e que ganhou o importante Prêmio Herralde em 2013.