by Laura Esquivel · Edições Asa · tapa dura · ISBN 9789724121772
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«Íntimas Suculências: Tratado Filosófico de Cozinha» is Laura Esquivel's essay, published by Edições Asa in hardback (162 pages, in Portuguese).
It brings together articles, lectures and forewords in which Laura Esquivel reflects on cooking as a space of intimacy and memory: identity is forged through the tastes and smells of childhood, and flavour is a condition for life to be worth living. Though not a novel, it reads like one and connects with the universe of «Como agua para chocolate».
The original work appeared in Spanish in 1995 as «Íntimas Suculencias, Tratado Filosófico de Cocina»; this Portuguese edition was published in 2000 and was translated by Ana Gabriela Macedo and Ana Maria Chaves.
Suitable for readers interested in gastronomy as a cultural experience and in the work of Laura Esquivel.
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and former politician. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States, and was later developed into an award-winning film.
