








Like Water For Chocolate
Trade paperback edition in good condition. Some cover wear. Fine reading copy.
“You don’t have to think about love; you either feel it or you don’t.”
A sumptuous feast of a novel, Like Water For Chocolate relates the bizarre history of the all-female DeLa 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, so that 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 odds.
Trade paperback edition in good condition. Some cover wear. Fine reading copy.
“You don’t have to think about love; you either feel it or you don’t.”
A sumptuous feast of a novel, Like Water For Chocolate relates the bizarre history of the all-female DeLa 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, so that 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 odds.
Trade paperback edition in good condition. Some cover wear. Fine reading copy.
“You don’t have to think about love; you either feel it or you don’t.”
A sumptuous feast of a novel, Like Water For Chocolate relates the bizarre history of the all-female DeLa 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, so that 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 odds.
ISBN 0-385-42017-X
Laura Esquivel
1989