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Laura Esquivel Como Agua Para Chocolate/Like Water for Chocolate (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) (Spanish Edition)
Grijalbo Mondadori Sa 8439719477 / 9788439719472 PAPERBACK Very Good
8439719477 Editorial Reviews n nReview n"A delightful first novel... the fragrant story makes you dream of love and want your supper too." --Glamour. n n"A mystical Mexican love story... [that] will charm the palate and the heart." -- USA Today. n n"A tall-tale, fairy-tale, soap-opera and home-remedy handbook all rolled into one." -- San Francisco Chronicle. -- Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nProduct Description nWith more than 600,000 copies in print, Like Water for Chocolate has established itself as a genuine phenomenon. Now, its equally impressive Spanish edition (42,000 copies in print and appearances on regional bestseller lists) comes to mass market, making it possible for thousands of new readers to partake in this sumptuous, romantic, hilarious tale. HC: Doubleday. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Laura Esquivel Tan Veloz Como El Deseo (Spanish Edition)
Plaza & Janes Editories Sa 8401328810 / 9788401328817 Hardcover Good
8401328810 From Publishers Weekly nMexican author Esquivel is best known for the stupendous success of her first novel, the charmingly erotic, recipe-filled Como agua como chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate, Anchor, 2001. reprint), which was spun into a profitable magic realist Hollywood film. The author, who started her career as a screenwriter, seems to love working with various forms of media; she included a CD of ambient music with her second novel, La ley del amor (The Law of Desire, Random House Espa?ol, 1997). Her third novel, an examination of estranged love, is a welcome improvement over the New Age theme of its not-so-successful predecessor. Here, Esquivel turns down the otherworldliness a notch and explores the old-fashioned poetics of love and communication one of the characters tells his love story with an archaic telegraph hooked up to a computer. While Chocolate's story is about a daughter's relationship with her mother, Tan veloz's narrator Lluvia pours her heart out about her father Jubilo, who has Parkinson's disease and has lost his ability to speak. Trying to figure out what went wrong in her parents' marriage, she discovers her mother had sacrificed her upper-class status in a rush to lose her virginity by marrying the literally magnetic Jubilo, an aspiring telegraphist and simple man with Mayan blood who can sense people's electrical energies. He willfully gives part of his soul with each tapped message he sends and loves a job that doesn't produce enough to satisfy his wife's material needs. In an effort to make some quick money for a desperate friend, Jubilo wins a high-stakes poker game with the evil and rich Don Pedro, whose vengeance thwarts the couple's love. Esquivel's quirky voice is reminiscent of Judy Blume's blushing-adolescent erotica but transforms that style into an elegantly adult one. The rich setting of earthy Mexico as a backdrop for a family's love-gone-wrong story makes for a smooth, simple read for devotees of a quality romance. Recommended for all bookstores and public libraries. Adriana Lopez, Criticas nCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. n nProduct Description nLaura Esquivel regresa con una novela de gran belleza y compasi?n. Mientras Como agua para chocolate se bas? en la vida de su madre, en Tan veloz como el deseo Esquivel hace un trabajo de ficci?n acerca de la vida de su padre en M?xico. Nacido con la curiosa habilidad de entender los mensajes ocultos en los sentimientos humanos, Don J·bilo se convierte en un traductor que ayuda a otros a solucionar problemas de comunicaci?n en sus relaciones. Sin embargo, cuando una tragedia destruye su matrimonio, es la habilidad de su hija para escuchar que reunirß a Don J·bilo en su cama de muerte con su esposa. La se±ora Esquivel nos muestra con cari±o, estilo y humor como el mantener secretos nos llevara a ser infelices y como la comunicaci?n es la llave para alcanzar el amor. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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10.90 EUR
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