Jose Lopez Portillo (b. 1920) - Mexican writer, and from 1976 to 1982, President of Mexico - based on real events, he recreated, based on real events, an amazing story, full of drama and reflections on the place of Man in the Universe, the story of the legendary "Feathered Serpent", a man-god .. The story-myth of Lopez Portillo is a vivid example of the works of “magical realism”, within the framework of which J. L. Borges, M. A. Asturias, X. Rulfo, G. Garcia Marquez, M. Otero Silva and many others worked.< /p>

The hero of the book is the legendary ruler of ancient Mexico, Quetzalcoatl, who arrived from across the sea and created in the 9th - 10th centuries. n. e. Aztec civilization is one of the most mysterious figures of Mexican history.