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Francisco Serrano - La Malinche, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

La Malinche

The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer an Empire

Av Francisco Serrano

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Selected for the USBBY Outstanding International Book ListIn the early 1500s, Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors defeated the great Aztec Empire, built a new city for colonists from Spain and took control of vast lands stretching from today's southwestern US down through most of Central America. But many people don't know that one of the reasons for the success of this conquest was the invaluable help of a beautiful woman, Princess Malinali, known today as La Malinche. She was a Náhuatl princess from the coast lands of Tabasco whose kingdom was at war with the Aztec Empire. Because of her knowledge of Maya and Náhuatl languages, and her rapid acquisition of Spanish, she came to act as an interpreter and advisor to Cortés. She also bore him a child. La Malinche is described here as she often is in Mexico as the embodiment of a new culture, one in which the mixing of races, Spanish and Aztec, created a new world. This view is not shared by all Mexicans, however. For some La Malinche is the symbol of a great betrayal that led to the death of millions of her fellow indigenous people. No one disagrees, however, that La Malinche was an extraordinary woman, whose life is fundamental to understanding the history of ancient and modern Mexico.Includes beautiful illustrations by Pablo Serrano, maps, a timeline and further reading.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-11-15
  • Mått: 209 x 269 x 10 mm
  • Vikt: 417 g
  • Ålder: 9-12
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Läsålder: 9-12
  • Antal sidor: 40
  • Förlag: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
  • Illustratör: Pablo Serrano
  • ISBN: 9781554981113
  • Översättare: Susan Ouriou
  • Utmärkelser: Commended for USBBY Outstanding International Book List 2013 (United States)
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Francisco Serrano is a noted Mexican poet who also writes plays, librettos and children's books, and edits literary anthologies. He lives in Mexico City. Pablo Serrano is a visual artist who has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions. He received an honorable mention in the Aguascalientes 2002 competition for young artists. SUSAN OURIOU is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator with over seventy translations and co-translations of fiction, non-fiction, children’s and young-adult literature to her credit. She has received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation and, in 2024, her translation of Catherine Leroux's The Future won CBC's Canada Reads. Her translations have also been long-listed for awards such as the International Dublin Literary Award, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the Giller Prize as well as appearing on IBBY’s Honor List. She has also published Nathan, a novel for young readers, and Damselfish, short-listed for the WGA's Georges Bugnet award for fiction.

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“An inventive introduction to a fascinating historical figure.” — Kirkus

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