
by Laura Esquivel · DEBOLSILLO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788497592314

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«Como agua para chocolate» is Laura Esquivel's magical realism novel, published by Debolsillo in paperback (216 pages, in Spanish).
Tita is the youngest daughter of the De la Garza family and is bound by tradition to renounce marriage in order to care for her mother. Tita and Pedro love each other, but he marries her sister Rosaura to stay close to her. The kitchen and its recipes channel her emotions: forbidden love, family oppression, and personal liberation.
«Como agua para chocolate» was originally published in 1989; this Debolsillo edition is from 2003. The novel is the first installment in the «Como agua para chocolate» series.
For the general public who enjoys contemporary Latin American narrative and stories where cooking and love intertwine.

Mexican writer and screenwriter, author of Like Water for Chocolate, a novel turned blockbuster film and a phenomenon of culinary magical realism.
