You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue'An Aztec West Wing' GUARDIAN'A triumph' FINANCIAL TIMES'Glorious' i DA NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF 2024A GUARDIAN TOP FIVE TRANSLATED FICTION OF 2024In 1519, Conquistador Hernn Corts and his troops ride into the floating city of Tenoxtitlan todays 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

This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Arthur Miller

for better or for worse

strict routines of her life as a copyeditor in New York

having left the land far behind to call the wild

Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman

all good philosophical thinking is inevitably accompanied by bafflement

beavers building dams

is ALWAYS with him

Many of these plants grow wild in Britain and other parts of Europe

'A tragedy of unconditional love' - L'Obs'Heartbreaking

mistaken for a suicide on Camber sands

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