Nen, LA Inutil

by Ignacio Solares

'Nen, la inutil, ' no solo presentia el futuro--presagios funestos como la inminente llegada de los teules, quienes, se decia, acababan de realizar una gran matanza en Cholula--sino que lo viva en carne propia: era una vidente natural, una tlachtopaitoani y esa condicion le valio que la tuvieran que separar de su ffamilia y llevar al palacio del emperado Moctezuma, en la gran Tenochtitlan, donde la estudiaban medicos y hechiceros, y un tlacuilo dibujaba sus visiones.

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First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Ignacio Solares was a prominent Mexican novelist, editor and playwright, whose novel La invasión (The Invasion, 2004) was a bestseller in Mexico and Spain. Until 2005 he served as the Coordinator of Cultural Activities for Literature and Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); he was a faculty member there and directed the cultural magazine Revista de la Universidad de México. He formerly served as director of the Department of Theater and Dance and the Division of Literature at UNAM. He edited the cultural supplement to the weekly magazine Siempre.

Reviews

[Gabriela Cordova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encantó completamente TuT

[Judy]

In the bloody violent times of Cortes' entry into Tenochtitlan, Nen was a religious seer kept in the Temple. Her rape by an attractive conquistador seems to represent Mexico's conquest by Spain.