The book is written as a series of letters from the Bishop of the See of New Spain to King Carlos of Spain, containing a transcribed biography of Mixtli (full name Chicóme-Xochitl Tliléctic Mixtli, "Seven Flower Dark Cloud", in Nahuatl), an elderly Aztec man, by Spanish Catholic monks during the 16th century. The novel portrays the entirety of the life of Mixtli-Dark Cloud, who is asked by Bishop Juan de Zumárraga to tell about his life, since King Carlos I of Spain ( Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) wants a chronicle of what Aztecs were like. Born to ordinary parents and afflicted with keratoconus, Mixtli nonetheless rises quickly through the hierarchy of Mexican society, becoming a scribe, a wealthy trader, a renowned warrior, and eventually a lord of Tenochtitlan and a highly respected councilor to Moctezuma II. The novel chronicles Mixtli's many adventures, which take him through all of the Aztec Empire ("The One World") and beyond.
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Regardless of where he taught, writing always went hand in hand for Msgr. Meier retired in 2018 after 20 years in Notre Dame’s theology department, but he stayed on campus to take on occasional teaching assignments and to continue his research and writing. He taught there for 14 years before moving on the University of Notre Dame in 1998. He led the seminary’s Scripture studies department before taking on a professorship at The Catholic University of America in Washington, in 1984. Joseph’s Seminary, this time as a professor and soon afterward he returned to Rome to obtain a doctorate in sacred Scripture in 1976 from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. His first assignment was as an associate pastor. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, followed by graduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was born in New York City in 1942 and received his undergraduate theological training at St. Meier, a Scripture scholar, professor and an indefatigable writer whose book “A Marginal Jew” hit bestseller lists in the 1990s. (CNS) - A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. Butterflies and their fragility are a recurring motif throughout the entire novel. The character of Blue is erudite to the point of being unbearably pedantic. Furthermore, each of the chapters is titled with famous works of literature such as Othello, Moby Dick, and The Big Sleep. Sprinkled throughout the text are hand-drawn illustrations of characters and alleged photographs/art, always referred to parenthetically as Figures. Gallway School, mixed with an academic monograph, complete with cited references and quotes of famous books, plays, poetry, art, and films. 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