Despite similarities, pocahontas gets love, malinche. Malinche is a historical figure who played a vital role in either facilitating or buffering the devastating impact of the spanish conquest in mexico, depending on your point of view. She was one of 20 women slaves given to the spaniards by the natives of. Malinche laura esquivel books to read, my books, books to. I dont know if something aka everything was lost in translation, but this book seems to talk down to you while shifting abruptly from factualseeming descriptions of aztec life, society and architecture to similarly presented, yet entirely. Malinche soon proved herself very useful to cortes, as she was able to help him interpret nahuatl, the language of the mighty aztec empire. Of all the historical characters known from the time of the spanish conquest of the new world, none has proved more pervasive or controversial than that of the indian interpreter, guide, mistress, and confidante of hernan cortes, dona marinala malinchemalintzin. Many books, novels, and historical studies now contest that popular opinion. May 21, 2019 cortes soon realized how valuable she was, however, and took her back.
Malinche gets short shrift in much history, and she is a very intriguing and important player in the very early days of the. Malinche never wrote about her life, and what is known about her has been through men, and left to interpretation. Laura esquivel screenwriter, journalist, author biography. Biography of malinche o marina 14981597 woman of the aztec nobility, daughter of a chieftain of olutla, who was a key figure in the conquest of mexico. Her novel, malinche 2006, explores the life of a near mythic figure in mexican historythe. She has been known as the mother of mexico, and even mexicos eve the son she had with spanish. Nacio en coatzacoalcos, hoy conocido como veracruz, mexico. Malinche, mistress and interpreter to hernan cortes. Like senora esquivels other fiction books, this is a basedonhistory but in the magical realm as well, and its delightful. I dont like the novel as its not historical account of the spanish conquest. Malinche is written with the tone, writing level and emotional depth of a thirdgrade history book.