Like water for chocolate
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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.
THE INTOXICATING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ABOUT LOVE, COOKING AND MAGIC. PERFECT FOR FANS OF JOANNE HARRIS AND ISABEL ALLENDE.
'This magical, mythical, moving story of love, sacrifice and summering sensuality is something I will savour for a long time' MAUREEN LIPMAN
Like Water For Chocolate tells the captivating story of the De la Garza family. As the youngest daughter, Tita is forbidden by Mexican tradition to marry. Instead, she pours all of her emotions into her delicious recipes, which she shares with readers along the way.When Tita falls in love with Pedro, he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. Unfortunately, he's married to her sister...
Filled with recipes, longing and bittersweet humour, this charming story of one family's life in turn-of-the-century Mexico has captivated readers all over the world and was made into an award-winning film.
'A joy... Has an energetic charm that's quite impossible to resist' LITERARY REVIEW
'An epic love story with recipes and a sprinkling of magical realism' WASHINGTON POST
'Enchanting...an open-eyed fairy story complete with ugly sister' BARBARA TRAPIDO
'A Mexican culinary romance to make the mouth water' SHE
'Ingenious' INDEPENDENT
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 16 september 1993
Aantal pagina's: 224
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Laura Esquivel
Hoofduitgeverij: Black Swan
Editie: New ed
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 128 mm
Product hoogte: 12 mm
Product lengte: 197 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 127 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm
Verpakking lengte: 197 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 416 g
EAN: 9780552995870