false 4694 6952 0552995878 9780552995870 1232 <![CDATA[Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165605175m/6952.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6952.Like_Water_for_Chocolate_A_Novel_in_Monthly_Installments_with_Recipes_Romances_and_Home_Remedies 3.88 36826
The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, "Like Water For Chocolate" is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes. A sumptuous feast of a novel, it 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. In desperation, Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her. For the next twenty-two years, Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds.]]> 4694 3.86 42324 1916 25520 0517268213 9780517268216 62 <![CDATA[The Law of Love]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1197432655m/25520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25520.The_Law_of_Love 3.36 537 4694 3.86 42324 1916 25517 074329033X 9780743290333 79 <![CDATA[Malinche: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167755365m/25517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25517.Malinche_A_Novel 2.97 363

Throughout Mexican history, Malinalli has been reviled for her betrayal of the Indian people. However, recent historical research has shown that her role was much more complex; she was the mediator between two cultures, Hispanic and Native American, and two languages, Spanish and Náhuatl.

Bursting with lyricism and vivid imagery, Malinche finally unveils the truth behind this legendary love affair.

]]> 4694 3.86 42324 1916 724834 038572151X 9780385721516 31 <![CDATA[Swift as Desire]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177671052m/724834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/724834.Swift_as_Desire 3.41 255 Swift as Desire, an enchanting and sensuous romance, reflects upon an undying love and the will to overcome an unspeakable tragedy. As in her bestselling novel Like Water for Chocolate, Swift as Desire is rich with metaphor, coated with magic, and very much about the power of desire. Júbilo, a telegraph operator blessed (or cursed) with the ability to hear what people feel, radiates joy from his birth. He spends his life mediating for others and salvaging their relationships, until disaster strikes his own life and causes him to question, even loathe, his supernatural gift.

He who knew that no matter how quiet the air was, there were always hearts beating, planets spinning in the heavens, bodies breathing, plants growing; and all producing sounds, but he hadn't heard anything! He hadn't heard anything!

Writing the novel as a tribute to her father (himself, a telegraph operator), Esquivel integrates her belief in the power of words. Swift as Desire is an engaging and enjoyable story that anyone with the slightest interest in a sensually romantic novel will find quite desirable, indeed. --Yvonne Schindler

]]> 4694 3.86 42324 1916 25518 0609608479 9780609608470 3 <![CDATA[Between Two Fires: Intimate Writings on Life, Love, Food, and Flavor]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167755366m/25518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25518.Between_Two_Fires_Intimate_Writings_on_Life_Love_Food_and_Flavor 3.39 33 "The return to the kitchen was not easy. I wanted my daughter to know her past, to eat what I had eaten in my childhood; however, I quickly realized that I no longer remembered my family's recipes....I forced myself to try and remember a recipe on my own. And that is how I discovered, as I had already known in my childhood, that it was possible to hear voices in the kitchen."


Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel leapt to international fame with Like Water for Chocolate. With millions of copies sold in hardcover and paperback, and with the phenomenal success of the movie, it is truly one of the most beloved stories of the last decade. In her latest book, Between Two Fires, Laura Esquivel continues to sustain us on levels beyond the physical.

Between Two Fires is a wonderful collection of the best of her passionate speeches, short writings, and recipes from the last decade or so, most never published in English. Funny, poignant, imaginative, and insightful, Esquivel muses on all the topics we have come to associate with her -- love, life, family, and of course, the importance of food in all aspects of the human experience -- while also giving us a rare look at what makes her tick. Beautifully illustrated with delightful drawings, this gem is the perfect gift book for her many fans, as well as for foodies and readers of Latin literature everywhere.]]> 4694 3.86 42324 1916 25521 0786861622 9780786861620 0 <![CDATA[An Appetite for Passion Cookbook: Cookbook]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167755367m/25521.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25521.An_Appetite_for_Passion_Cookbook_Cookbook 3.50 18 Like Water for Chocolate, accompanied by a foreword by Laura Esquivel and quotes about food and love from famous writers. 25,000 first printing.]]> 4694 3.86 42324 1916 292527 1400001188 9781400001187 0 <![CDATA[El libro de las emociones: Son de la razon sin corazon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173463275m/292527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/292527.El_libro_de_las_emociones_Son_de_la_razon_sin_corazon 3.27 11 4694 3.86 42324 1916 4679064 9067661546 9789067661546 0 <![CDATA[RODE ROZEN EN TORTILLA'S.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4679064.RODE_ROZEN_EN_TORTILLA_S_ 4.33 6 4694 3.86 42324 1916 1380100 0452283582 9780452283589 3 <![CDATA[A Whistler in the Nightworld: Short Fiction from the Latin Americas]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183122447m/1380100.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1380100.A_Whistler_in_the_Nightworld_Short_Fiction_from_the_Latin_Americas 3.43 7
In this new collection, acclaimed translator and editor Thomas Colchie brings together twenty-one mesmerizing stories-fourteen of which are being published in English for the first time-by some of today's premier voices in contemporary Latin American literature. In selections representing the wide and varied spectrum of the new Latin American writing, authors such Carmen Posadas and Jorge Volpi explore historical legends and hyper-realities with droll humor and subversive wit, while others, like Mayra Santos-Febres and Ernesto Mestre-Reed, darkly illuminate the contemporary urban scene with a grittier narrative and stylistic daring that takes the reader far beyond the tropical exotics and magical realism of the earlier "boom" writers.

Spanning life in the Latin Americas in the last several decades, the settings for these stories sweep from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean, and as far north as Alaska. A stellar collection of inventive storytelling, it will prove as irresistible as it is provocative, the mark of the very best in recent Latin American fiction.]]> 395818 3.93 30 11 55215 3.91 27911 6704 32943 3.62 138 20 116834 3.54 216 29 141862 3.52 21 7 1210837 3.10 10 4 340641 3.08 108 30 534040 3.43 14 5 1448555 3.44 9 4 4694 3.86 42324 1916 2925035 3.43 7 3 53065 3.92 74 20 7277 3.84 16231 2018 116823 3.27 201 51 12548 3.82 383 74 2925036 3.43 7 3 33407 3.59 571 105 2925037 3.43 7 3 821661 3.55 11 3 2925038 3.43 7 3 2925039 3.43 7 3 2297394 9875662801 9789875662803 0 <![CDATA[Intimas Suculencias]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2297394.Intimas_Suculencias 4.25 4 4694 3.86 42324 1916 6358039 9545852939 0 <![CDATA[Раздавачът на щастие]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237977857m/6358039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6358039 2.33 3 4694 3.86 42324 1916 2974929 3.12 8 2 387102 3785715307 9783785715307 0 <![CDATA[Das zärtliche Alphabet des Don Jubilo.]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174358937m/387102.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/387102.Das_z_rtliche_Alphabet_des_Don_Jubilo_ 2.00 1 Denn Don Júbilo weiß besser als die meisten seiner Kunden, was diese eigentlich mitteilen wollen. Und durch eine Veränderung der Nachrichten um Nuancen kommen Júbilos Botschaften beim Empfänger so an, wie sie sollten -- ehrlicher, herzlicher, wirkungsvoller. Doch mit seinem Talent schafft sich der Telegrafist nicht nur Freunde. Und vor lauter Sorge um anderer Leute Glück verliert er den Draht zu dem Menschen, der ihm wirklich etwas bedeutet: zu seiner Frau Lucha.

Seit ihrem Erstling Bittersüße Schokolade, der auch mit Erfolg verfilmt wurde, gilt die Mexikanerin Laura Esquivel international als eine der bedeutendsten Stimmen Lateinamerikas. Ihr neuer Roman, Das zärtliche Alphabet des Don Júbilo, ist eine Geschichte über Verstehen und Missverstehen, über die Reichtümer und Risiken der zwischenmenschlichen Kommunikation und gleichzeitig eine liebevolle Hommage an ihren Vater, der ebenfalls Telegrafist war. "Ich habe den Roman mit dem Herzen geschrieben", sagt Laura Esquivel selbst über ihr Buch. Und mit dem Herzen sollte man es auch lesen. Zwar besitzt der Roman nicht den sinnlichen Reichtum von Esquivels Debütwerk, zwar droht er mitunter durch wechselnde Erzählperspektiven auseinander zu fallen, doch wieder sind darin genügend magische Momente verborgen, die das Lesen zum Genuss machen. --Beate Strobel

]]> 4694 3.86 42324 1916 2218541 9685011087 0 <![CDATA[VERDE EN LA COCINA MEXICANA]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2218541.VERDE_EN_LA_COCINA_MEXICANA 3.00 1 4694 3.86 42324 1916 174063 8478951369 9788478951369 0 <![CDATA[La Estrellita Marinera]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174063.La_Estrellita_Marinera 3.00 1 4694 3.86 42324 1916 1822170 3531145819 9783531145815 0 <![CDATA[Globalisierung]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188832407m/1822170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1822170.Globalisierung 0.0 0 4694 3.86 42324 1916 6399839 2070379477 9782070379477 0 <![CDATA[Chocolat amer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399839-chocolat-amer 0.0 0 4694 3.86 42324 1916 2802413 3.00 1 0 2899104 0.0 0 0 7159293 0 <![CDATA[De liefde van don Júbilo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7159293-de-liefde-van-don-j-bilo 0.0 0 4694 3.86 42324 1916