{"product_id":"you-dreamed-of-empires-paperback","title":"You Dreamed of Empires - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003e?lvaro Enrigue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatasha Wimmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BOOK OF 2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Short, strange, spiky and sublime.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny, ghastly, eye-opening, marvelous.\" \u003ci\u003e--Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eSudden Death\u003c\/i\u003e, a hallucinatory, revelatory colonial revenge story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne morning in 1519, conquistador Hern?n Cort?s 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCort?s 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 to 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 - Cort?s and his entourage are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cort?s's captains, Jazm?n 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Dreamed of Empires\u003c\/i\u003e brings Tenochtitlan to life at its height, and reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original ?lvaro 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e?lvaro Enrigue\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican writer whose most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eSudden Death.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl Pa?s\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. His books have been awarded the Herralde Prize, the Barcelona Prize, and the Poniatowska Prize. A former Fellow at the Cullman Center and at Princeton University, he teaches Latin American Literature at Hofstra University and lives with his family in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatasha Wimmer\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include ?lvaro Enrigue's \u003ci\u003eSudden Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Nona Fern?ndez's \u003ci\u003eSpace Invaders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, and Roberto Bola?o's \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.87 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45085087957168,"sku":"9780593544808","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/PbF339Vq_g9780593544808.webp?v=1777996811","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/you-dreamed-of-empires-paperback","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}