Like Water for Chocolate
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit.
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780552995870
Publish date: 28-01-1993
Publisher: Baker & Taylor, Inc.
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Magical Realism,
Fiction
There are two books I have read in more than one language, and one was Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate (en español, Como agua para chocolate). The reason? The imagery was so rich that, even with my schoolgirl Spanish, I wanted to read it in the original, to imagine how much more powerful t...
I don't want to say too much about what happens but I can say that I liked it up until the end. I liked the book but at the same time it disappointed me.
Read based on Laura's recommendation.
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