Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
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Like Water for Chocolate

Author: Laura Esquivel

Narrator: Yareli Arizmendi

Abridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

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 classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef. She shares special points of her favorite preparations with listeners throughout the story.

About The Author

Laura Esquivel is the award-winning author of Like Water for Chocolate, which has sold over four and a half million copies around the world in 35 languages, The Law of Love, and most recently, Between Two Fires. She lives in Mexico City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rinda on May 09, 2019

"I don create art, I create chaos لا أخلق الفن، بل أحدث الفوضي" الفن؟ الفن يحدث الفوضي، الفن يبعثرك و يجمعك و يشكلك من جديد، الفن لا يشبه شيئًا ولا يشبهه شئ بطلتنا صاحبة موهبة، و الموهبة لا تُقتل جراء محنة، بل، تستيقظ، تشتعل لكل مكان عادات من صناعة قاطنيه، قوانين غير مكتوبة (بدأت في التصديق أن جميعا غ......more

Goodreads review by Repellent on April 16, 2020

Llevo media vida pensando (y prejuzgando) que este libro no me iba a gustar. Dando por hecho que, a causa de la información que me había llegado de él, iba a ser un libro tan romántico y tan "cursi" que no iba a poder disfrutarlo. Benditos sean los cambios de opinión y atraverse con todo, porque si......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on April 19, 2008

This book was disappointing. It felt overwrought and melodramatic. Tita, the youngest daughter of overbearing Mama Elena, has to give up the hope of ever marrying. It will be her duty to take care of her mother in old age. This becomes a big problem when she meets Pedro. When Pedro learns of Tita's d......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on March 16, 2020

I couldn't help but fall for this short novel that encapsulates vividly yet simply the lives of these women in Mexico during the Pancho Villa Years. The family unit is both necessary AND a culminating curse-- it's hardly fair that our heroine must not live out the life she desires but the one that i......more

Goodreads review by karen on February 09, 2019

first things first: let's get rid of that ugly movie cover, and switch to the one i actually read.... okay, better. this was my final selection for the readventurer challenge. i read them alphabetically, based on the suggester's first name, for arbitrary fairness. it is strange that i have never read t......more


Quotes

“A tall-tale, fairy-tale, soap-opera romance, Mexican cookbook and home-remedy handbook all rolled into one, Like Water For Chocolate is one tasty entree from first-time novelist Laura Esquivel.” —San Francisco Chronicle


Awards

  • YALSA Best Books for Young Adults