Aztec
by Gary Jennings
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Author: Gary JenningsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-01
ISBN: 0765317508
Number of pages: 768
Publisher: Forge Books
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Book Review: A Monumental Achievement
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read "Aztec" twenty years ago, and despite the passing of the years this novel for me has been a benchmark in all that is outstanding in writing. This is one of the few works I have read that made me think about it for weeks afterwards, and it has left a distinct imprint on my own developing career as a writer. My own original copy through numerous re-reads had degenerated into a dog-eared, much thumbed relic that holds a treasured place on my bookshelf. Mr Jennings has delivered a literary masterpiece that encompasses every possible aspect of the human condition,from unspeakable horror to poignant tragedy as told through the eyes of Mixtli, an ancient Aztec scribe to a less than enthusiastic panel of Spanish priests shortly after the Mexican Conquest.
The minute attention to historical detail in Mr Jenning's descriptions, including a fascinating and rare insight into the Aztec tongue of Nahuatl, gives the novel an authenticity seldom encountered in many more romanticised works of historical fiction. Mixtli's voice is one that is totally credible because of the gritty realism that pervades throughout "Aztec". Mr Jennings has managed, despite the novel's daunting 1300 or so pages, to deliver a fresh and gripping narrative on each page that leaves the adventurous reader wanting more. Sex, war, murder, intrigue, betrayal,epic spectacle and blood-drenched ritual - this novel has it all and is certainly not for the squeamish. But for those wanting an insightful and authentic glimpse of a unique and vanished world, "Aztec" is a definitive must.
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