Laura Esquivel
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agua para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina, y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la obesidad y el consumismo vacío. María, adicta a la comida, sufre el injusto fin de su matrimonio, en mitad de una avalancha de reproches racistas y machistas. Deshecha, recibe de manos de Lucía, su abuela por mucho tiempo ausente, el diario de Tita. Al adentrarse en...
2) Malinche
Author
Description
When Malinalli, a member of the tribe conquered by the Aztec warriors, first meets Cortés, she -- like many -- believes that he is the reincarnated forefather god of her tribe. Naturally, she assumes that her task is to help Cortés destroy the Aztec empire and free her people. The two fall passionately in love, but Malinalli gradually comes to realize that Cortés's thirst for conquest is all too human. He is willing to destroy anyone, even his...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Novela fantástica sobre el amor frustrado de una joven quien se atrapa por el costumbre familiar, y cómo el destino y la comida conspiren para unir a élla y el esposo de su hermana.
Fantastical novel about the frustrated love of a young woman who is trapped by family tradition and how fate and food conspire to bring her and her sister's husband together.
5) Like water for chocolate: a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies
Author
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
246 p.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Desde la casa donde naci̤, los juegos de calle durante su nįez, la m͠sica que ha servido como banda sonora de su vida hasta los movimientos sociales y el ataque terrorista contra las Torres Gemelas -- que le toc̤ presenciar --, Laura Esquivel, la autora mexicana m̀s le̕da en el mundo, nos ensęa a trav̌s de un colorido mosaico de escritos lo que sus ojos vieron, las cosas de las que ha sido testigo en sus 72 ąos de vida. Son trece entregas...
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Romantic fantasy set in early 20th century Mexico about a young couple, Tita and Pedro, blocked from marrying by a family tradition strictly enforced by Tita's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love the young man marries her sister, while Tita, as the family cook, expresses her passion for him through her cooking.