Azteca (Spanish Edition)

El estremecedor relato de Juan Damasceno, un azteca antes llamado Mixtili que en tiempos de Hernan Cortes vive a medio camino entre las tradiciones de su raza y de su gente y las que imponen los conquistadores espanoles Una fascinante novela que narra, a traves de la voz de un indio, el choque entre dos mundos opuestos: la misteriosa cultura de la America precolombina y las desmesuradas ambiciones de un imperio en el que jamas podia ponerse el sol.

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