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Hispanic Heritage Month Book Discussion

Hispanic Heritage Month Book Discussion

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a discussion of You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue. Light snacks will be provided.

Summary from Penguin Random House:

One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés enters the city of Tenochtitlan – today’s Mexico City. Later that day, he will meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures.

Cortés is accompanied by his captains, his troops, his prized horses and his two translators: Friar Aguilar, a taciturn friar, and Malinalli, an enslaved, strategic Nahua princess. After nearly bungling their entrance fo the city, the Spaniards are greeted at a ceremonial welcome meal by the steely Aztec princess Atotoxtli, sister and wife of Moctezuma. As they await their meeting with the emperor – who is at a political and spiritual crossroads, and relies on hallucinogens to get by – Cortés and his entourage are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés’s captains, Jazmín Caldera, overwhelmed by the grandeur of the place, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed into the city, and wonders at the chances of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. And what if… they don’t?

You Dreamed of Empires brings Tenochtitlan to life at its height, and reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original Álvaro Enrigue sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, a restitutive, fantastical counterattack, in a novel so electric and so unique that it feels like a dream.

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Related LibGuide: Cultural Heritage of Fairfax County Residents by Fairfax County Public Library (Admin)

Date:
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
George Mason Meeting Room
Library Branch:
George Mason Regional Library
Categories:
Book Discussion Hispanic Heritage
Audience:
  Adults  
FCPL Event Guidelines
Registrations open at 3:00pm Saturday, September 28, 2024

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