ISBN: 9780385420174
Author: Laura Esquivel

Translate from Spanish by Carol and Thomas Christensen

Publisher Information: Vintage

Publication Date: 1995/10/01

Topical Subject Header: Fiction

Like Water for Chocolate: a Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances

C$24.95

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance, bittersweet wit, and delicious recipes.

This 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, using cooking to express herself and sharing recipes with readers along the way.
Thomas Christensen is the author of 1616: Intimations of Modernity , New World/New Words: Translating Latin American Literature, and with his wife Carol Christensen, The U.S.–Mexican War. He has translated works by Carlos Fuentes, Alejo Carpentier, and Julio Cortázar. His translation of Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s Ballets Without Music, Without Dancers, Without Anything was a finalist for the PEN Center USA West Literary Award in translation. He is director of publications at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.