Abstract
This essay explores the complexity of Laura Esquivel's conciliatory approach to the figure of Malinche in her novel Malinche (2006). I read the text in relation to textual and visual representations by Mexican and Chicana feminists. I also analyze the first three editions of the novel in the U.S. and in Mexico. As a result, I analyze symbolic betrayals that have to do with processes of cultural translation. In this context, I discuss the function of Esquivel as a writer in-between cultures who has the authority to design the plot and to be a traitor, but may also be betrayed in the process.
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