Copo de Algodón, hija de la princesa de Tacuba y del señor de Tenochtitlan, nació en la era del Quinto Sol, en una ciudad que un pueblo fiero y guerrero levantó en una laguna de reflejos color turquesa. Creía en Tláloc y Huitzilopochtli, y amaba las flores y los cantos. Un día su mundo se agitó, como las aguas al lanzar una piedra… Conoce, a través de su voz, los acontecimientos de su época: las guerras floridas, la matanza de Cholula, la llegada de Hernán Cortés, la muerte de Moctezuma, el sitio de Tenochtitlan… y sumérgete en la historia antigua de México, en la existencia de sus personajes y en la fascinante cosmovisión de este pueblo.
Summary - English
Copo de Algodón, daughter of the princess of Tacuba and the lord of Tenochtitlan, was born in the era of the Fifth Sun, in a city that a fierce and warrior people raised in a lagoon of turquoise reflections. He believed in Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli, and loved flowers and songs. One day his world was shaken, like the waters when a stone is thrown… Get to know, through her voice, the events of her time: the flowery wars, the slaughter of Cholula, the arrival of Hernán Cortés, the death of Moctezuma, the siege of Tenochtitlan… and immerse yourself in the ancient history of Mexico, in the existence of its characters and in the fascinating cosmovision of this people.
Club Schedule
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The book isn’t available at any libraries here so I won’t be joining you this time. Which is a shame because it looks like an interesting read. I’ll be lurking though
Here are page numbers from my Kindle version I’ve pulled (so they won’t be super accurate, but can be approximates for now) as well as the corresponding percent for each chapter:
Chapter
(Kindle) Starting Page
Starting Percent
# of Pages
CIPACTLI
7
5%
3
EHÉCATL
10
10%
4
CALLI
14
14%
3
CUETZPALLIN
17
19%
4
CÓATL
21
24%
4
MIQUIZTLI
25
28%
3
MÁZATL
28
33%
5
TOCHTLI
33
39%
5
ATL
38
43%
3
ITZCUINTLI
41
47%
5
OZOMATLI
46
52%
5
MALINALLI
51
57%
3
ÁCATL
54
62%
5
OCÉLOTL
59
65%
5
CUAUHTLI
64
70%
5
COZCAQUAUHTLI
69
76%
4
OLLIN
73
81%
4
TÉCPATL
77
85%
3
QUIÁHUITL
80
89%
5
XÓCHITL
85
94%
7
Pretty short chapters all around. It’s looking like it’s going to be a pretty small club this time around (@Micki’s the only other person on the poll right now), so we have a lot of leeway on how fast/slow we want to read. If we read around 15 pages/week, like with Mentirosa, that’d look something like:
Week
Chapters (Inclusive)
# of chapters
1
CIPACTLI - CUETZPALLIN
4
2
CÓATL - TOCHTLI
4
3
ATL - OZOMATLI
3
4
MALINALLI - CUAUHTLI
4
5
COZCAQUAUHTLI - QUIÁHUITL
4
6
XÓCHITL
1
That last chapter is 7 pages according how my Kindle’s dividing them, so it would be pretty easy to squeeze into week 5 if we wanted. What do you think?
I ordered a copy through eBay today so I think I’ll join this club. I was a little interested in nos llamaron enemigo, but I missed it and it looks like it went quickly. I wasn’t sure about this until I checked the summary, but it seems interesting. I don’t know a lot about this period of history but what I do know is sad and tragic. I can probably start anytime in April, I’m working through some sci fi books in Spanish now but may take a break from that series for a while.
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