false 79165 11 Historical novelist Gary Jennings returns to the time and place of his international bestseller <I>Aztec</I> one generation after the conquistadors have all but destroyed the culture. The once-shining capital city of Tenochtitlan has been renamed Mexico City. Eighteen-year-old Tenamaxtli, the novel's hero, has traveled with his mother from the northern region, where they have been kept abreast of the progress of the malignant, marauding, disease-bearing Spanish. In the course of witnessing the execution of an old Aztec, Tenamaxtli's mother reveals that the victim is, in fact, her son's father. Everything is in place for vengeance, and over the novel's next several years, Tenamaxtli organizes an ill-fated insurrection, enjoying many sexual adventures along the way. <P>Told plainly and at some remove, Jennings has reserved the fancier footwork for an excursion into Aztec culture, creating a detailed tapestry of a struggling, vanquished race. Readers familiar with Mexican history will welcome the rich details of this vengeance drama; those new to it will be impressed by Jennings's exhaustive research. <P> The narrative reads like a journal, its language meant to evoke some generic past. Perhaps this is a distancing device, allowing readers to focus on the rich weave of cultural and historic elements rather than the carnage, cruelty, and genocide that characterize this unhappy piece of Mexican history. 76495 1997 Aztec Autumn (Aztec) total:208|5:1|4:3|3:1|2:1|1:0| 208 734 279 17 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Sep 04 17:11:27 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 16 15:48:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:20:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:31:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sat Jul 11 14:15:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 01:00:38 -0700 2009 We are still learning and experiencing through the central character of Mixtli and what happened after the Spanish arrived.

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