by Laura Esquivel · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788499081083
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«Como agua para chocolate» is the romantic novel by Laura Esquivel, published by Debolsillo in hardcover (216 pages, in Spanish).
Tita, the youngest daughter of the De la Garza family, must renounce marriage to care for her mother. Her recipes, laden with emotions, provoke unexpected reactions in those who taste them, while her love for Pedro defies family traditions. Set in Mexico during the Revolution, the novel combines romance, magical realism and social criticism.
It is Laura Esquivel's first novel, originally published in 1989. The film adaptation featured a screenplay by the author herself.
Readers of romantic novels and magical realism, especially those who appreciate Mexican culture and cuisine as part of the story.
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.
