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From the bestselling author of Like Water for Chocolate, an extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs between the conquistador Cortés and his interpreter, Malinalli. A brilliant and multilingual woman, Malinalli has been reviled throughout Mexican history for the betrayal of her people—but her role was actually much more complex. When a young Malinalli''s tribe was conquered and enslaved by the Aztec warriors, her grandmother imparted to her that their founding forefather god, Quetzalcoatl, had abandoned them—but he was destined to return with the rising sun and save her tribe from captivity. When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés first arrives, she—like many—believes he is the reincarnated forefather god of her tribe, here to free them. With her talent for linguistics, Malinalli became an indespensable guide and translator for Cortés. In the hopes of freeing her people—and wanting to please this supposed god—she welcomes Cortés and assumes her new role as an interpreter for the Spanish. Throughout their travels and various conquests, Cortés and Malinalli gradually fall passionately in love. But it''s not long before Malinalli realizes that Cortés''s thirst for conquest is all too human, and that he is willing to destroy anyone, even his own men, and even their own love.

As the millions of fans of Like Water for Chocolate know, Laura Esquivel is a romanticist whose novels explore the power of love and the truths of the human heart. She returns to those themes in Swift as Desire, the story of a loving and passionate man who has the gift of bringing happiness to everyone except his own wife. The hero of this novel is Júbilo Chi, a telegraph operator who is born with the ability to “hear” people’s true feelings and respond to their most intimate, unspoken desires. His life changes forever the day he falls deeply and irrevocably in love with Lucha, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy family. She believes money is necessary to insure happiness, while for Júbilo, who is poor, love and desire are more important than possessions. But their passion for each other enables them to build a happy life together -- until their idyll is shattered by a terrible event that drives them bitterly apart. Only years later, as Júbilo lies dying, is his daughter able to unravel the mystery behind her parents’ long estrangement and bring about a surprising reconciliation.

Terlahir sebagai putri bungsu keluarga La Garza, Tita harus mematuhi tradisi untuk tidak pernah menikah demi merawat orangtua. Namun, Tita justru jatuh cinta kepada Pedro. Mama Elena, ibunya, berang dan justru menikahkan Pedro dengan kakak Tita. Wanita itu bahkan memaksa Tita menyiapkan jamuan pesta pernikahan mereka. Maka, terciptalah roti pernikahan Chabella yang mencetuskan kehampaan di hati semua tamu yang menyantapnya hingga menangis tersedu-sedan. Namun, tanpa Tita sadari, pernikahan Pedro barulah awal dari rentetan tragedi lain dalam hidup Tita. Betulkah nasib sekejam itu kepadanya? Bestseller selama hampir 2 tahun di Meksiko, Amerika, dan diikuti di negara-negara lain, Like Water for Chocolate menyajikan pergulatan budaya Amerika Latin, feminisme, politik, dan revolusi yang dibingkai sebuah drama keluarga. Kisah yang membumi dengan sentuhan nuansa magis ini seakan menyadarkan pembaca bahwa dapur bukan sekadar tempat mengolah makanan, tetapi juga muara sebuah kehidupan. [Mizan, Qanita, Novel, Horor, Percintaan, Misteri, Dewasa, Indonesia]

Azucena, an astronanalyst uses music to reacquaint her patients with their past lives.

Atria Español Presents: The Best of Mexican Literature Get acquainted with the work of some of the greatest authors of Mexican heritage with Atria Español Presents: The Best of Mexican Literature. This sampler has all the ingredients that makeup some of the best books that Mexican Literature has to offer. You’ll find excerpts from: Malinche by Laura Esquivel The Night Buffalo by Guillermo Arriaga The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo by F.G. Haghenbeck Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande People Like Us by Javier Valdés No matter what your literary preferences are, we know you’ll find something here to satisfy you.

Laura Esquivel regresa con una novela de gran belleza y compasión. Mientras Como agua para chocolate se basó en la vida de su madre, en Tan veloz como el deseo Esquivel hace un trabajo de ficción acerca de la vida de su padre en México. Nacido con la curiosa habilidad de entender los mensajes ocultos en los sentimientos humanos, Don Júbilo se convierte en un traductor que ayuda a otros a solucionar problemas de comunicación en sus relaciones. Sin embargo, cuando una tragedia destruye su matrimonio, es la habilidad de su hija para escuchar que reunirá a Don Júbilo en su cama de muerte con su esposa. La señora Esquivel nos muestra con cariño, estilo y humor como el mantener secretos nos llevara a ser infelices y como la comunicación es la llave para alcanzar el amor.

The author of "Like Water for Chocolate" and "The Law of Love" presents a beautifully packaged, fully illustrated collection of her shorter writings on food, love, and family. Two-color line drawings throughout.

Originalmente publicado por Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.A., de C.V., Mexico, D.F., en 2014. Copyright de la presente ediciâon en castellano para todo el mundo Ã2012 por Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.

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"Durante la conquista de Mexico, el espanol Don Rodrigo se enamora perdidamente de Citlali, una joven india, y la toma a su servicio para estar mas cerca de ella. Llevada por su odio a los conquistadores, Citlali se venga cruelmente de la pasion de Rodrigo, que acabara matandola. Marcados por esta tragica de amor y odio, los protagonistas iran reviviendo su drama en sucesivas encarnaciones a lo largo de ocho siglos. Incluye CD-Rom."

Tita y Pedro se aman. Pero ella está condenada a permanecer soltera, cuidando a su madre hasta que ésta muera. Y Pedro, para estar cerca de Tita, se casa con la hermana de ella, Rosaura. Las recetas de cocina que Tita elabora, además de construir narrativamente la novela, puntean el paso de las estaciones de su vida, siempre marcada por la presente ausencia de Pedro. Como agua para chocolate es una agridulce comedia de amores y desencuentros, una obra chispeante, tierna y pletórica de talento que se ha convertido en uno de los mayores éxitos de la literatura latinoamericana. «Como agua para chocolate es una deliciosa historia sobre el amor y la pasión, la tradición y la buena comida. A medio camino entre la novela por entregas y el libro de recetas, es una comedia de amores y desamores, recetas de cocina y remedios caseros.» --ABC ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Tita and Pedro love each other. But she is condemned to remain single, caring for her mother until the latter dies. And Pedro, in order to stay close to Tita, marries her sister, Rosaura. The recipes Tita prepares, in addition to shaping the narrative of the novel, mark the passing seasons of her life, always defined by Pedro''s ever-present absence. Like Water for Chocolate is a bittersweet comedy of love and misunderstandings, a sparkling, tender, and richly talented work that has become one of the greatest successes of Latin American literature. "Like Water for Chocolate is a delightful story about love and passion, tradition and good food. Halfway between a serialized novel and a recipe book, it is a comedy of love and heartbreak, kitchen recipes and home remedies." -- ABC

A culinary romance set in Mexico. Condemned by tradition to look after her tyrannical mother and remain a spinster, Tita finds her destiny in the kitchens of the family ranch. Her recipes for Mexican dishes are woven into the story of her doomed romance with Pedro, her brother-in-law.