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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute classic,
By A Customer
This review is from: Azteca (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)
A book that every person who has any connection to Mexico should read. A captivating historical novel about the conquest of New Spain, written from a native's point of view. Gives a person pride about his or her Mexican heritage. Lots of adventure, sex, violence, fantastic descriptions, engaging characters. My Mexican husband read it in Spanish and I (Irish-American) read it in English 18 years ago and we were both absolutely mesmerized and captivated by this book. 14 years later our teenage son read it and also said it was one of the best books he had ever read, and recently our 18 year old daughter read it and had the same reaction. I ordered two hardcopies so that each of my kids will have one to keep and hand down. The only other book that I have done this with is Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, which gave me the same feeling about my Irish Catholic roots.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Una obra maestra sobre la cultura pre-hispanica,
By Javier Leyva (Tijuana, Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Azteca (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
En esta obra maestra de Garry Jennings, el leector es transportado al mundo de la mesoamerica, en una obra que pagina tras pagina te absorve, captiva y depicta de una manera tan elocuente y grafica que no solo se imagina, pero se transporta al leector a un mundo desaparecido, oculto, que ahora solo vive como parte del paisaje mexicano, esta novela abre la grandeza, gloria y caida de la cultura azteca, y la expone en una obra de arte que no debe de faltar en la biblioteca de ningun mexicano.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excelso,
By A Customer
This review is from: Azteca (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Realmente es una extraordinaria novela de Gary Jenninigs donde mediante la historia de Mixtli, nos transporta al fascinante mundo de los aztecas relatandono las costumbres e ideologías de esta cultura, de una manera ligera. Realmente no me costo mucho leer las más de 800 páginas que tiene este libro el mejor libro que he leido.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brillante novela histórica,
This review is from: Azteca (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
He oído algunos comentarios que esta novela histórica tiene mucho de "ficción". Otros sin embargo dicen que es una ficción a partir de datos históricos verdaderos, en cualquiera de los dos casos, es una excelente lectura. Amena y provocativa.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Muy bueno,
This review is from: Azteca (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)
La novela es excelente en la narrativa tan detallada de las culturas prehispánicas más importantes de México. Quizás se haya pecado un poco en la parte de la ficción considerando que es una novela histórica, pero en honor a la verdad, esto hace que la lectura sea más amena. Algunas partes fueron narradas con excesiva crudeza, pero en general tengo muy buena opinión del libro.
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Azteca (Spanish Edition) by Gary Jennings (Paperback - January 1, 1999)
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