The extraordinary story of de tragic love affair between the 16th-century conquistador Cortés and his beautiful interpreter, Malinalli.
When Malinalli, a member of the Indian tribe conquered by Aztec warriors, first meets the conquistador Cortés, she assumes that her task is to help him destroy Aztec empire and free people. The two fall passionately in love, but Malinalli gradually comes to realize that Cortés's thrist for power is all too fierce, and for conquest he is willing to destroy anyone, even his own men- even their own love.
Bursting whit lyricism and vivid imagery, Malinche finally unveils the truth behind a legendary Mexican love affair and the woman who helped shape a conuntry's destiny.
`Esquivel has woven together Native American myth, legend and history, and loaded it with earthy imagery… it is hard not to be drawn into the fascinating and complex interior life of a woman who helped shape Latin American history´
Financial Times
