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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
 

Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies

by Laura Esquivel

Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in tum-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. (read review)

Top tags: fiction,  magical realism,  romance,  food,  mexico (all tags)

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Ana Galhanas
  • Rated 5 stars

“Absolutamente delicioso!... E ainda aprendemos umas receitas muito interessantes!”

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  • Rated 4.080656 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

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  • ladybelle

    ladybelle said:

    “Though the romance novel is a genre that can be extremely pleasurable, it is common for love stories to become repetitive--carbon copies of each other, the same structure, format, and archetypes. As Esquivel's work is a romance of unconventional design, Like Water for Chocolate is particularly noteworthy. A delicious affair between soul mates is woven within a calendar design and embellished with the tenets of culture and location. Recipes compliment the story, adding depth the Esquivel's work and providing the originality lacking in the drug store romance books. The characters are rich, the plot is vibrant...the tale is brought to life by the author's masterful language and clever composition. I would definitely recommend the work to any avid reader, even one who usually doesn't enjoy the love story kind of novel. It is a book worth reading for so many factors, an magnificent account of family feuding, personal sacrifice, and the difficulties faced by forbidden love.”

    posted Friday, June 20 2008
  • Shatha Mattar (Scent of Rain)

    shatha mattar (scent of rain) said:

    “Hi,
    does anyone know the name of the movie based on this book? Can yu plz. tell me the meaning of "like water for chocolate" it is mentioned in the book that she realized her life was like water for chocolate? what does that mean?
    thank you”

    posted Monday, March 31 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Diane

    diane said:

    “I just want to post this because I'm quite proud of this paper when the rest of my classmates discussed about the romance in the novel. I had to retype this because I only have the original hard copy which I submitted to my professor. This post is slightly altered from the original paper to include my teacher's comments and corrections. Unfortunately, I forgot her name but Ma'am MZM(S?or L?) thank you for your interest in my paper and for the grade. ;)

    http://witnessstatement.blogspot.com/2007/10/women-of-like-water-for-chocolate.html”

    posted Thursday, March 27 2008
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    posted Wednesday, March 26 2008
  • Shatha Mattar (Scent of Rain)

    shatha mattar (scent of rain) said:

    “I read this book and fell in love with it instantly. However, I have 2 questions about it that yet need to be answered. What is the menaing of like water for chocolate? is it a common English saying? What does it mean? I understand their was a movie made based on this novel, can anyone tell me the name? I could not read the name in the back of the book because of the wierd font they used.
    thak you
    shosho”

    posted Wednesday, March 19 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
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