Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel
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 J bilo 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 J bilo, 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 J bilo lies dying, is his daughter able to unravel the mystery behind her parents' long estrangement and bring about a surprising reconciliation.
Originally published in 1990, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) won Laura Esquivel international acclaim. The film based on the book, with a screenplay by Laura Esquivel, swept the Ariel awards of the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures, winning eleven in all, and went on to become the largest grossing foreign film ever released in the United States. In 1994 Like Water for Chocolate won the prestigious ABBY award, which is given annually by the American Booksellers Association to the book the members of the organization most enjoyed hand-selling. The book has been translated into thirty languages and there are over three million copies in print worldwide. Ms. Esquivel lives in Mexico.
From the Hardcover edition.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780609608708 |
| ISBN 10 | 0609608703 |
| Title | Swift as Desire |
| Author | Laura Esquivel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
| Year published | 2001-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 207 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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