Mastretta's book is a well-written, straightforward narrative brimming with political gossip.Īnother novel covering roughly the same period, but with fewer social observations and more magic realism, is Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel. Fuentes has an ironic touch and dips occasionally into the surreal. If you want a good idea of period costumes and architecture, tracking down a copy is worth your while. In 2008, a wildly popular cinematic version of the book was released in Mexico and South America. Angeles Mastretta's delightful Arráncame la Vida (Tear Up My Life) covers the same subject - Mexican society's values, contradictions, and pleasures after the Revolution from the point of view of a young woman in Puebla. The earlier novels of Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's preeminent living writer, are easier to read than more recent works try The Death of Artemio Cru. Jennings gets creative with some of his interpretations, but the important details are historically accurate and provide great cultural context for visiting pre-Hispanic sites. Jennings, an American who wrote the book while living in San Miguel de Allende, unfurls the tale of Mixtli, a character with an almost omnipotent perspective on the state of Mexico's various indigenous societies in the years just before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Literature - It's pulp fiction at heart, but reading Gary Jennings' Aztec while traveling in Mexico is a surprisingly rewarding experience.
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