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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Esquivel, Laura. Christensen, Carol, Translator.Christensen, Thomas, Translator is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Like Water for Chocolate about?
Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate) is a novel by Mexican novelist and screenwriter Laura Esquivel. The novel follows the story of a young girl named Tita, who longs for her lover, Pedro, but can never have him because of her mother's upholding of the family tradition: the youngest daughter cannot marry, but instead must take care of her mother until she dies. Tita is only able to express herself when she cooks. Esquivel employs magical realism to combine the supernatural with the ordinary throughout the novel. The novel won the American Booksellers Book of the Year Award for Adult Trade in 1994.
Who reads Like Water for Chocolate?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Laura Esquivel, Esquivel, Laura. Christensen, Carol, Translator.Christensen, Thomas, Translator
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385365154
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (1,383 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Like Water for Chocolate : a Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (2000)
- Like Water for Chocolate : a Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (1992)
- Like Water for Chocolate : a Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (1995)
- Como agua para chocolate: Novela de Entregas Mensuales con Recetas, Amores y Remedios Caseros (1989)
- Como Agua Para Chocolate: Novela de Entregas Mensuales Con Recetas, Amores y Remedios Caseros / Like Water for Chocolate (1999)
- Like Water for Chocolate : a Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (1994)
- Como Agua Para Chocolate : Novela de Entregas Mensuales Con Recetas, Amores, Y Remedios Caseros (1993)
- Like Water for Chocolate : a Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (1989)
- Como Agua Para Chocolate : Novela de Entregas Mensuales Con Recetas, Amores, Y Remedios Caseros (1996)
- Like Water For Chocolate (2006)
- Como Agua Para Chocolate : Novela de Entregas Mensuales Con Recetas, Amores Y Remedios Caseros (1992)
- Like Water For Chocolate (1994)
- Like Water for Chocolate (1993)
- Like Water for Chocolate : a Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (2018)
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