by Laura Esquivel · Bibliotex · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481302646
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«Como agua para chocolate» is the magic realism novel by Laura Esquivel, published by Bibliotex in hardcover (156 pages, in Spanish).
Tita, youngest daughter of a Mexican family, must care for her mother and not marry by tradition. When she falls in love with Pedro, he marries her sister to stay close. Taking refuge in the kitchen, Tita conveys emotions with dishes that transform those who taste them. Each chapter opens with a recipe; it is a story of romance and magic realism.
First installment of the Como agua para chocolate series. 2001 edition, number 21 of the collection The 100 Best Novels in Spanish of the 20th Century, with a prologue by Lourdes Ventura.
For readers of romantic fiction and magic realism, especially those who enjoy stories where gastronomy and Mexican tradition play a central role.
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.
