Hernn Corts toma la pluma nuevamente hacia el final de su vida. Esta vez no se dirige al emperador ni a un numeroso y annimo lector, sino a su primognito, Martn Corts, hijo de la Malinche, para contarle su vida. Le habla de su infancia en Medelln, de sus das de estudiante en Salamanca y, por supuesto, de su llegada al Nuevo Mundo y de sus amores con doa Marina. Acompaamos a Martn en el descubrimiento de sus padres. Hallamos a una mujer dulce y determinada, arquitecta del Mxico moderno. Encontramos a un conquistador victorioso que detesta la guerra y a un hombre poderoso que desconfa del poder, pues para l es slo un medio para acceder a la libertad ms plena. Corts le confiesa a su hijo que ha sido muchos hombres, que tiene el alma vagabunda y que ama conquistar. Pero su conquista ms grande no fue la de un territorio, sino la de la memoria. Gracias a su ingenio pudo salvar para la eternidad la crnica de su aventura por el Nuevo Mundo, y as dej escrita, bajo el manto protector de un artificioso seudnimo, su Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espaa. Con esta novela, el historiador Christian Duverger completa la desmitificacin de Hernn Corts. Rigurosamente basados en los archivos y las crnicas del siglo XVI, los hechos de esta autobiografa ficcional reflejan a un literato, a un hombre del Renacimiento absolutamente cautivado por el mundo indgena y, sobre todo, convencido de que el mestizaje era la clave para forjar una realidad mejor. Memorias de Hernn nos recuerda que, en ocasiones, slo la ficcin puede desentraar la historia verdadera. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "My dear Martn, a man's life is a sum; nothing is vacuous, nothing is vain, nothing is accessory. Cultivate two things: memory and will."
Hernn Corts picks up his pen yet again towards the end of his life. This time not addressing the emperor nor a vast anonymous reader, but his firstborn, Martn Corts, Malinche's son, to tell him about his life. He recounts his childhood in Medelln, his schooldays in Salamanca, and of course his arrival at the New World and his affair with Doa Marina. We accompany Martn's discovery of his parents. We find a sweet and determined woman, the architect of modern Mexico. We find a victorious conquistador who detests war, and a powerful man who distrusts power, mere means to access the most absolute freedom. Corts confesses to his son that he has been many men, has a wandering soul, and loves to conquer. And his greatest conquest was not of the land, but of remembrance. Through his wit, he managed to salvage for eternity the chronicles of his adventures in the New World, and so wrote, under the protecting cloak of an ingenious pseudonym, his own True History of the Conquest of New Spain. With this novel, historian Christian Duverger ends Hernn Corts' demystification. Strictly based on archival research and sixteenth-century chronicles, the facts found in this fictional autobiography reflect a man of letters, a Renaissance man absolutely enthralled by the indigenous world, and above all, convinced that miscegenation was the key to forge a better reality. Hernn's Memoirs reminds us that, on occasion, only fiction can unravel the actual history.
Hernn Corts toma la pluma nuevamente hacia el final de su vida. Esta vez no se dirige al emperador ni a un numeroso y annimo lector, sino a su primognito, Martn Corts, hijo de la Malinche, para contarle su vida. Le habla de su infancia en Medelln, de sus das de estudiante en Salamanca y, por supuesto, de su llegada al Nuevo Mundo y de sus amores con doa Marina. Acompaamos a Martn en el descubrimiento de sus padres. Hallamos a una mujer dulce y determinada, arquitecta del Mxico moderno. Encontramos a un conquistador victorioso que detesta la guerra y a un hombre poderoso que desconfa del poder, pues para l es slo un medio para acceder a la libertad ms plena. Corts le confiesa a su hijo que ha sido muchos hombres, que tiene el alma vagabunda y que ama conquistar. Pero su conquista ms grande no fue la de un territorio, sino la de la memoria. Gracias a su ingenio pudo salvar para la eternidad la crnica de su aventura por el Nuevo Mundo, y as dej escrita, bajo el manto protector de un artificioso seudnimo, su Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espaa. Con esta novela, el historiador Christian Duverger completa la desmitificacin de Hernn Corts. Rigurosamente basados en los archivos y las crnicas del siglo XVI, los hechos de esta autobiografa ficcional reflejan a un literato, a un hombre del Renacimiento absolutamente cautivado por el mundo indgena y, sobre todo, convencido de que el mestizaje era la clave para forjar una realidad mejor. Memorias de Hernn nos recuerda que, en ocasiones, slo la ficcin puede desentraar la historia verdadera. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "My dear Martn, a man's life is a sum; nothing is vacuous, nothing is vain, nothing is accessory. Cultivate two things: memory and will."
Hernn Corts picks up his pen yet again towards the end of his life. This time not addressing the emperor nor a vast anonymous reader, but his firstborn, Martn Corts, Malinche's son, to tell him about his life. He recounts his childhood in Medelln, his schooldays in Salamanca, and of course his arrival at the New World and his affair with Doa Marina. We accompany Martn's discovery of his parents. We find a sweet and determined woman, the architect of modern Mexico. We find a victorious conquistador who detests war, and a powerful man who distrusts power, mere means to access the most absolute freedom. Corts confesses to his son that he has been many men, has a wandering soul, and loves to conquer. And his greatest conquest was not of the land, but of remembrance. Through his wit, he managed to salvage for eternity the chronicles of his adventures in the New World, and so wrote, under the protecting cloak of an ingenious pseudonym, his own True History of the Conquest of New Spain. With this novel, historian Christian Duverger ends Hernn Corts' demystification. Strictly based on archival research and sixteenth-century chronicles, the facts found in this fictional autobiography reflect a man of letters, a Renaissance man absolutely enthralled by the indigenous world, and above all, convinced that miscegenation was the key to forge a better reality. Hernn's Memoirs reminds us that, on occasion, only fiction can unravel the actual history.
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