by Laura Esquivel · ISBN 0030314005996
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«Like Water for Chocolate» is the romance novel by Mexican author Laura Esquivel, published by Anchor in 1992.
Tita, the youngest of the De la Garza sisters, is destined to care for her mother and renounces love because her family requires it. Her emotions are expressed in the kitchen: every recipe she prepares infects those who taste it. The novel interweaves food, passion, prohibition and the struggle for personal freedom.
For readers of romance novels, interested in Mexican literature and in stories where gastronomy becomes a vehicle for emotions.
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.
