by Laura Esquivel · Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422647676
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«Como agua para chocolate» is the magic realism novel by Laura Esquivel, published by Mondadori in hardcover, with 187 pages in Spanish.
Tita, the youngest daughter of the De la Garza family, cannot marry because tradition requires her to care for her mother. She pours her emotions into cooking, and her recipes provoke unexpected reactions in those who taste them. A story of love and family with magic realism, set in early 20th-century Mexico.
The work bears the subtitle «novela de entregas mensuales, con recetas, amores y remedios caseros» and is the first book in the «Como agua para chocolate» series.
Reading for fans of magic realism, romantic narrative, and family stories with cooking at their core.
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and former politician. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States, and was later developed into an award-winning film.
