como agua para chocolate by laura esquivel

The book is still widely read everywhere. The novel and I have walked a long path together, but I’m the only one who got gray hair. People would ask me why I had so much success and I had no answer.

Within six months, I had it translated into three different languages. Laura Esquivel:When the book was first published, it started getting translated into other languages really quickly. The Daily Texan:What does it mean to you to have your first novel be something so personal and to get the reception it did and continues to get today? The interview was translated by her nephew and illustrator Jordi Castells. The Daily Texan spoke to Esquivel about this special anniversary of her bestselling novel and its continuing success. Structured like an old-style women’s magazine, each chapter begins with decadent recipes, heart-wrenching love stories and home remedies. When Tita falls in love with a boy named Pedro, her mother swiftly marries off her older sister to Pedro to ensure the preservation of tradition, but Tita and Pedro’s love endures. The story follows a young girl named Tita, who, according to family tradition must remain single and care for her mother until she dies. “Like Water for Chocolate” was later adapted into a film of the same name, receiving dozens of awards and nominations, including 10 Ariel awards - the Mexican equivalent of the Academy Awards - and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Her first novel, “Como agua para chocolate,” which translates to “Like Water for Chocolate,” was published in 1989 and became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States. Laura Esquivel is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician.

Como agua para chocolate by laura esquivel