Laura Esquivel

Author of Like Water for Chocolate

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About the Author

She is the award-winning author of Like Water For Chocolate. She lives in Mexico City. (Publisher Provided) Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City, Mexico on September 30, 1950. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a kindergarten teacher and as a writer for children's television show more programs during the 1970s and 1980s. Her first novel, Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), was published in 1989 in Spanish and in 1992 in English. It was made into a movie, also written by Esquivel, in 1993. The movie won the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures award. Her other novels include The Law of Love, Swift as Desire, Between the Fires, and Malinche. She has also published the children's story Estrellita Marinera, an essay entitled The Book of Emotions, and a philosophical treatise called Intimate Suculencias Kitchen. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: L esquivel, L. Esquival, Laura Esqurel, Laura Eequivel, Laura Esquirel, Laura Esquival, Laura Esquivel, Laura Eswuirel, Laura Asquivel, Laura Esquível, Laura Esquível, Λάουρα Εσκιβέλ, Лаура Эскивель, Laura; Translated by Christensen Esquivel, Carol and Christensen, Thomas

Image credit: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara

Series

Like Water For Chocolate

Works by Laura Esquivel

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Like Water for Chocolate (1992) 12,250 copies, 260 reviews

The Law of Love (1995) 941 copies, 13 reviews

Malinche (2006) 718 copies, 25 reviews

Swift as Desire (2001) 543 copies, 9 reviews

Pierced by the Sun (2014) 140 copies, 5 reviews

Between Two Fires: Intimate Writings on Life, Love, Food, and Flavor (1998) 128 copies, 3 reviews

El libro de las emociones son de la razón sin corazón (2000) 34 copies

An Appetite for Passion Cookbook (1995) 32 copies

Mi negro pasado (2017) 30 copies

The Diary of Tita (2018) 28 copies, 1 review

Rode rozen en tortilla's ; De liefde van don Júbilo (2006) 15 copies

Als je mijn hart beroert (1991) 10 copies

Escribiendo La Nueva Historia, O Como Dejar De Ser Victima En Doce Sesiones (2012) 9 copies

Een zomer vol liefde (2001) 7 copies

La Estrellita Marinera (1999) 7 copies

Remedios para cuerpo y alma (2007) 5 copies

The Colors of My Past (2020) 3 copies

VERDE EN LA COCINA MEXICANA (1999) 3 copies

Pintores De Siempre: Frida Kahlo (Spanish Edition) (2013) 3 copies

Lupita Ütü Yapmayı Seviyordu (2016) 2 copies

Lo que yo vi / What I Saw (Spanish Edition) (2022) 2 copies

Ley del amor, La (2015) 2 copies

Verleiding 2 copies

Leesgids Mexico (2002) 2 copies

Lo que yo vi (2022) 2 copies

Como Agua Para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1993-04-06) 1 copy

A Pequena Estrela do Mar (2001) 1 copy

Malinche: Novela 1 copy

La Lay Del Amor 1 copy

Het beste uit Rainbow : een Bijenkorf selectie (1994) — Contributor — 1 copy

Kärlek het som chili (1993) 1 copy

Schäumend wie heiße Schokolade (1992) 1 copy

Passie - De Liefde van don Júbilo & Het leven zoals het is & De man naast mij 1 copy

Íntimas suculencias: Tratado filosófico de cocina 1 copy

Escribiendo la nueva historia:Cómo dejar de ser víctima en 12 sesiones 1 copy

Lo que yo vi [What I Saw] 1 copy

PORTUGAL TEM OUTRA HISTÓRIA - eBook 1 copy

A Aldeia do Arroz - eBook (2019) 1 copy

Malinche Malarka slow (2013) 1 copy

Íntimas suculencias: tratado filosófico de cocina 1 copy

Latina love de mooiste liefdesverhalen van Laura Esquivel, Cristina Garcia en andere Latijns-Amerikaanse schrijfsters (2001) 1 copy

Pintores De Siempre: Dali (Spanish Edition) (2014) 1 copy

Testigos del horror (Spanish Edition) (2012) 1 copy

10x passie-vrouwen vertellen 1 copy

RECETAT E PASIONIT 1 copy

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Associated Works

Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2006) — Contributor — 26 copies

Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review

A Very Mexican Christmas (A Very Christmas) (2022) — Contributor — 8 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Esquivel, Laura
Birthdate: 1950-09-30
Gender: female
Nationality: Mexico
Birthplace: Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Places of residence: Mexico City, Mexico
Education: Centro de Arte Dramático A.C. (CADAC ∙ Teatro y Creación Dramática, Educación preescolar teatro infantil)
Occupations: novelist
screenwriter
Relationships: Arau, Alfonso (ex-spouse)
Organizations: Diputada federal por el Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (Morena)
Directora general de Cultura en Coyoacán, Distrito Federal

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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly… by Laura Esquivel

I wish for a better ending, and the premise of the plot - marrying your lover's sister to be near to her - is simply silly. But the book gives a flavour of Mexican culture and to structure the chapters around recipes is an original idea.

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siok | 259 other reviews | Dec 14, 2024 |

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Evening book club, mine: August 25th

wow, I really thought I would enjoy this book and I didn't like it. at all. I'm really enjoy the romance of relationships and less of the elicit sex scenes. This one just focused too much on it. Plus, the writing style was not one I enjoyed and the exaggeration of making it sound more like "passed on" folk stories (crying so much you have to dry the floor, the stairs, and the bed?!?) made me want to roll my eyes instead of keep reading.

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Trisha_Thomas | 259 other reviews | Nov 14, 2024 |

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

There were some parts of this book I really loved, and given that I couldn't put it down (I read it in two days), I guess it must have been pretty good. Until the end. I hated the ending. I wanted to give it 3 1/2 stars, but there are no half-stars, so I'll go with four since I couldn't put it down most of the way through the book.

I really like the way recipes were woven throughout the book, and how the stories were told surrounding the telling of the recipe. Very unique set-up.