Sophie Hughes

Oct 15, 2024 | mariskreizman.substack.com | Alia Trabucco Zerán |Sophie Hughes |Maris Kreizman

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue, trans by Natasha WimmerIt’s 1519 and the conquistador Hernán Cortés and his smelly gang of aspiring colonizers have entered Tenochtitlan (current day Mexico City), an Aztec kingdom full of an exotic delicacy called chocolate, as well as ample hallucinogens and painted warriors. What follows is hilarious and disturbing in equal measures.

Oct 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Sophie Hughes |Sally Rooney |Louise Erdrich

A novel that can’t get itself off the ground. A maid tells the story of a child’s death in a series of meanders.