A highly original novel by one of Mexico's most important
storytellers, "Como agua para chocolate" is written in the style of
the serialized novels so popular in the nineteenth century. Each
chapter starts with a traditional northern Mexican recipe. In
effect, cooking is the exclusive means of expression open to the
female protagonist, who doesn't entirely conform to the limited
role that both society and her family have given her."Como agua
para chocolate" is a fresco of rural Mexican society between 1910
and 1933, and a portrayal of the deep-rooted traditions that the
novel's heroine confronts. Tita, the youngest child of a
charismatic woman, is trapped in a destiny predetermined at birth:
family tradition dictates that the youngest daughter must renounce
marriage and devote herself to the care of her mother. Tita,
however, is passionately in love with Pedro, her eldest sister's
husband. She is also pursued by John Brown, an American doctor who
offers her an austere and serene form of love. Twenty years later,
Tita and Pedro finally come together through fire and death.
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