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Series · 3 books · 1989-2017

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#1

Like Water for Chocolate

1989

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. The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes. A sumptuous feast of a novel, it 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. In desperation, Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her, so that Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds.
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#2

El diario de Tita

2016

Veinticinco años después de la publicación de Como agua para chocolate y luego de haber conquistado a más de 7 millones de lectores, Laura Esquivel vuelve con la segunda parte de esta maravillosa historia aderezada con las pasiones, la magia de la gastronomía y la búsqueda del amor. En estas páginas nos adentramos en el universo íntimo de Tita de la Garza a través de su diario. Desde el instante inolvidable en el que descubre el amor hasta el día que debe renunciar a él, para cuidar a su madre, de acuerdo con una antigua tradición familiar. Este doloroso acontecimiento, lejos de confinarla a la soledad y el silencio, la llevará a encontrar sus dos vías de expresión: mediante la escritura dialoga consigo misma y, a través de la cocina, se comunica con el mundo y los otros. El diario no sólo es un espacio para atesorar secretos, deseos y sinsabores. En él, Tita comparte sus fotografías familiares, cartas, flores y otros objetos impregnados con el encanto de la nostalgia. A su vez, narra veinte años de la historia que no están contemplados en Como agua para chocolate, arrojando nueva luz para comprender a los personajes y ser testigos de la lucha vital de la protagonista para poner punto final a una tradición en la que las mujeres no tienen voz ni derecho a decidir sobre sus vidas. A la par, Tita atesora sus prodigiosas recetas en las que, junto a los ingredientes tradicionales, incorpora los destellos espirituales del maíz, el agua, la tierra, la sensualidad y todo aquello capaz de transformarnos, invitándonos a recorrer un camino de vitalidad, luz y amor. Elementos con los que la autora vuelve a entregarnos un impactante relato que nos permitirá reencontrarnos con la cautivadora historia que le ha dado vuelta al mundo.
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Mi negro pasado

2017

Like Water for Chocolate trilogy is an ode to feminine independence and the best recipe for the maladies of our estrangement, eating disorders, social media. María, addicted to food, is abandoned by her husband after the birth of their first child. In the midst of an avalanche of racist and sexist attacks, she is rescued by her estranged grandmother Lucía, who leads her to discover Tita's Diary . Through this historic document, María is able to reconnect with her roots and discover family secrets as she dives into a world of alchemy and transformation of the natural world that she had never experienced before. The Colors of My Past is a novel that will not leave any reader indifferent, an epic of several generations of free and passionate women who never back down in the face of adversity. Includes original soundtrack to enhance your reading experience by scanning the QR codes in each chapter.

Author

Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel
Author · 12 books
A teacher by trade, Laura Esquivel gained international attention with Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies and The Law of Love. In both books she manages to incorporate her teaching abilities by giving her readers lessons about life. During an on-line Salon interview with Joan Smith, she said, "As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self understanding and this is something that can't be taught." With the intensity of a committed teacher incorporating glitzy stunts into the curriculum to get the attention of her students, Esquivel took a bold step when she incorporated multimedia in The Law of Love by combining her science fiction, new age, and spiritual story with a CD of arias by Puccini and Mexican danzones, and forty-eight pages of illustrations by a Spanish artist.
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