Vision of Anáhuac
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa, Mexican poet, essayist and fiction writer, is considered one of the most important figures of Latin American literature. Recognized by Jorge Luis Borges as “the best writer of prose in Spanish of all time”, his influence is evident in the works of authors of the Latin American “boom”, especially in those of his compatriot Carlos Fuentes. Below is a new translation of the first chapter of his famous essay “Vision of Anáhuac”, published in 1917, which offers a vision of old Mexico City at the moment of the Spanish conquest.
