Like Water for Chocolate

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
"The most delicious, the most original, the most sumptuous feast of a novel to ever emerge from the kitchens of the New World. !Ay cjiie rico!"
— Sandra Cisneros
"Brava Laura Esquivel! This is a truly delicious, funny, sensual, and one-of-a-kind novel that should be required reading for all."
— Diana Kennedy, author of The CuLiinej of Mexico
"Laura Esquivel has handed us on a silver platter a kind of book which has not previously existed in Latin American literature."
— Elena Poniatowska
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The number-one bestseller in Mexico in 1990, Like Water for Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with bittersweet moments of magic and sensuality. Evocative of How to Make an Ainerican Quilt in structure, Tampopo in its celebration of food, and Heartburn in its irony and wit, it is a lively and funny tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico.
The narrator's great-aunt Tita is the youngest of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
"The most delicious, the most original, the most sumptuous feast of a novel to ever emerge from the kitchens of the New World. !Ay cjiie rico!"
— Sandra Cisneros
"Brava Laura Esquivel! This is a truly delicious, funny, sensual, and one-of-a-kind novel that should be required reading for all."
— Diana Kennedy, author of The CuLiinej of Mexico
"Laura Esquivel has handed us on a silver platter a kind of book which has not previously existed in Latin American literature."
— Elena Poniatowska
To the table or to bed You miut come when you are bid
f. n
The number-one bestseller in Mexico in 1990, Like Water for Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with bittersweet moments of magic and sensuality. Evocative of How to Make an Ainerican Quilt in structure, Tampopo in its celebration of food, and Heartburn in its irony and wit, it is a lively and funny tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico.
The narrator's great-aunt Tita is the youngest of three daughters born to Mama Elena, the tyrannical owner of the De la Garza ranch. While still in her mother's womb, she wept so violently — as her mother chopped onions —that she caused Mama Elena to begin early labor, and Tita slipped out in the middle of the kitchen table, amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon became a way of life, and Tita grew up to be a master chef. E^ch chapter of the novel begins with one of Tita's recipes and her careful instructions for preparation.
In well-born Mexican families, tradition dictates that the youngest daughter not marry, but remain at home to care for her mother. Even though Tita has fallen in love,
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Mama Elena chooses not to make an exception, and instead, arranges for Tita's older sister to marry Tita syoung man.
In order to punish Tita for her willfulness, Mama Elena forces her to bake the wedding cake. The bitter tears Tita weeps while stirring the batter provoke a remarkable reaction among the guests who eat the cake. It is then that it first becomes apparent that her cuHnary talents are unique.
Laura Esquivéis voice is direct, simple, and compelling. She has written a fresh and innovative novel, bringing her own inimitable strengths to a classic love story.
Originally a screenwriter, Laura Esquivéis screenplay Chido One was nominated for the Ariel Award for best screenplay by the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures. This year, the film version of Like Water for Choco-Late swept the awards, winning eleven in all, including one for Ms. Esquivéis screenplay. She lives in Mexico with her husband and children. Vissza