Like Water for Chocolate

Informationen zum Autor Laura Esquivel began her career as a screenwriter. Her 1990 debut novel, Like Water for Chocolate , became a literary sensation, translated into over forty languages and selling over 10 million copies worldwide. The 1992 motion picture based on the novel, with a script written by Esquivel, garnered international acclaim and broke box-office records for a foreign language film. A major ballet adaptation choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2022. Esquivel's subsequent novels, The Law of Love , Swift As Desire and Malinche , shared success amongst critics and the public alike. Her most recent titles, Tita's Diary and The Colours of My Past , complete a trilogy that began with Like Water for Chocolate . Klappentext 'An epic love story with recipes and a sprinkling of magical realism' WASHINGTON POSTTHE INTOXICATING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ABOUT LOVE, COOKING AND MAGIC. Zusammenfassung Relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Esquivel
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.09.1993
• EAN: 9780552995870
• ISBN: 978-0-552-99587-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Mexikanische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Fiction: general and literary, Intended primarily or specifically for women and/or girls, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls