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Malinche de Laura Esquivel
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In Malinche, Laura Esquivel reimagines the life of Malinalli, the young indigenous woman who becomes an interpreter and mediator between Hernán Cortés and the peoples he intends to subjugate. The novel follows her from her childhood marked by dispossession to the moment her command of several languages places her at the center of the conquest of Mexico. Esquivel combines historical detail with an intimate and sensory voice, attentive to the body, to dreams, and to the symbolic weight that the figure of Malinche has carried for centuries.
WHY WE CHOSE IT
Because it restores complexity and agency to a character who has often been reduced to an insult or stereotype. Malinche is a great option for readers of historical narrative in Spanish who want to approach the conquest from the perspective of an indigenous woman.
Because it restores complexity and agency to a character who has often been reduced to an insult or stereotype. Malinche is a great option for readers of historical narrative in Spanish who want to approach the conquest from the perspective of an indigenous woman.
DETAILS
• Author: Laura Esquivel
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication Date: April 15, 2008
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780743290364
• Ships directly from the distributor within 3-7 business days
• Author: Laura Esquivel
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication Date: April 15, 2008
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780743290364
• Ships directly from the distributor within 3-7 business days