Malinche

From the international bestselling author of "Like Water for Chocolate" comes an extraordinary new historical novel about a passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs."Lyrical."

-- "The New York Times"

"Elegant and simple prose."

-- "New York Post"

"Elegant and simple prose."

-- "New York Post""Ambitious and inventive."

-- "Los Angeles Times""[an] amazing story."

-- "San Francisco Chronicle""Esquivel puts imaginative flesh on the bones of legend."

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From the international bestselling author of "Like Water for Chocolate" comes an extraordinary new historical novel about a passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs."Lyrical."

-- "The New York Times"

"Elegant and simple prose."

-- "New York Post"

"Elegant and simple prose."

-- "New York Post""Ambitious and inventive."

-- "Los Angeles Times""[an] amazing story."

-- "San Francisco Chronicle""Esquivel puts imaginative flesh on the bones of legend."

-- "The Boston Globe""There's something gentle, mystical, yet strong about Laura Esquivel."

-- "The Miami Herald"When Malinalli, a member of the tribe conquered by the Aztec warriors, first meets the conquistador Hernan Cortes and becomes his interpreter, she -- like many -- believes him to be the reincarnated forefather god of her tribe. Naturally, she assumes she must welcome him, and help him destroy the Aztec empire and free her people. The two fall passionately in love, but Malinalli soon realizes that Cortes's thirst for conquest is all too human, and that he is willing to destroy anyone, even his own men -- even their own love. << less