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	Amazon.fr : Malinche: Livres en anglais: Laura Esquivel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Esquivel revels in descriptions of the role of ancient gods in native life and Malinalli's theological musings on the similarities between her belief system and Christianity.
		Esquivel gives her the birth name of Malinalli, which refers to a sacred grass and also seems to have associations with death.
		Esquivel hints that Malinalli is a kind of Virgin of Guadalupe, a figure in whom the blood of warring races mingles together, the mother of the Mexico that will be born out of the clash of cultures.
	www.amazon.fr /Malinche-Laura-Esquivel/dp/0743285719 (1198 words)

	Salon \| Love and other illegal acts
		But Esquivel is both a former schoolteacher and a screenwriter, and her mission is to teach and to entertain.
		Esquivel's heroine is Azucena, a psychotherapist living in 23rd-century Mexico City where high technology has virtually eliminated crime and research has acquired new meaning thanks to equipment that can decode the secrets of everything, from human auras to the memories of the stones that have borne witness to human history.
		Esquivel's strength is her sincere belief in The Law of Love, or perhaps more precisely, the rule of love.
	www.salon.com /oct96/interview961104.html (479 words)

	Laura Esquivel Summary
		Esquivel was the third of four children born to Julio Caesar Esquivel, a telegraph operator, and his wife, Josephina.
		Esquivel told Pryor that the film was a "labor of love between us, like a child almost." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times explained that the movie "continues the tradition of magical realism that is central to modern Latin film and literature." Howe added that the movie is "[h]auntingly and exquisitely prepared.
		Esquivel explains in the book that a twin soul is one that has died and has been reincarnated many times to reach enough understanding to accept a soul mate.
	www.bookrags.com /Laura_Esquivel (1597 words)

	uprisingradio.org » Laura Esquivel Visits Santa Ana
		Esquivel, on the other hand, has chosen to portray Maliche as someone who is not deserving of being called a traitor as she never betrayed her beliefs nor her people.
		Laura Esquivel arrived nearly half an hour after the reading was set to start but no one in the packed room seemed to mind.
		In a mixture of Esquivel’s broken English and fluid native Spanish, she explained her motivations for writing the book, noting that we are currently living in an epoch of empire, extreme capitalism and spiritual disconnectedness.
	uprisingradio.org /home/?p=436 (938 words)

	Amazon.ca: Law of Love: Books: Laura Esquivel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The text by Esquivel is part science fiction, part new age spiritual journey, as she chronicles the efforts of 23rd century "astroanalyst" Azucena to find her twin soul.
		This followup to Esquivel's bestselling Like Water for Chocolate is propelled by the same jolly, reckless storytelling energy that has won the Mexican author so many fans, but skimpy character development and a breathlessly byzantine plot keep bringing the novel up short.
		Composed in a tantalizing style of New Age-sci-fi-magical realism, the tale is set in the year 2200, when astroanalyst Azucena Martinez, who lives in Mexico City, has been permitted at last to meet her twin soul, Rodrigo Sanchez, the man with whom she is to experience the ecstasy of perfect romantic union.
	www.amazon.ca /Law-Love-Laura-Esquivel/dp/0517268213 (905 words)

	Amazon.ca: Swift As Desire: Books: Laura Esquivel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Laura Esquivel's Swift As Desire, an enchanting and sensuous romance, reflects upon an undying love and the will to overcome an unspeakable tragedy.
		Esquivel's storytelling abilities are in top form here, and, despite its unoriginality, the novel succeeds in conveying a touching message of the power of familial and romantic love.
		Esquivel obviously meant this book to be a tribute to a loving (and loved) father.
	www.amazon.ca /Swift-As-Desire-Laura-Esquivel/dp/038572151X (2480 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Laura Esquivel, Source of Knowledge ~ July 15 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
		Born in Mexico, novelist and former kindergarten teacher Laura Esquivel (1951-) said her grandmother had a chapel in her home, between the kitchen and dining room.
		When Tita is forbidden from marrying Pedro, her childhood sweetheart, she retreats to the kitchen to prepare magical dishes that stir strong emotions in all who eat and enjoy.
		Translated into 29 languages, Esquivel's screenplay was made into a successful (and passionate) 1993 film which won 18 international awards and at that time was the highest-grossing foreign film ever released in the United States.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /071500.htm (252 words)

	Laura Esquivel : Like Water for Chocolate : The Law of Love : Like Water for Chocolate : Book Review
		In Esquivel's version of the 23rd century, an aerophone transports one anywhere (like back to your apartment) by stepping into a teleport and dialing a number, the home security system reads auras and the televirtual transmits the viewer to the scene of the news story.
		Esquivel's first novel draws on the visual experience as a screenwriter, and the rich childhood environment where magic is reality.
		Esquivel wrote the screen play for the movie version and this is one movie that I recommend as much as the book.
	mostlyfiction.com /latin/esquivel.htm (641 words)

	Amazon.de: Malinche: English Books: Laura Esquivel,Jordi Castells,Ernesto Mestre-Reed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In Esquivel's reinterpretation of the story, the woman long regarded as a traitor is cast in a much more sympathetic light and is called Malinalli.
		This novel is not as accessible as Esquivel's earlier work, and the quality of the prose is uneven, sometimes lyrical and sometimes stilted.
		Still, Esquivel's many fervent fans will be interested in her latest.
	www.amazon.de /Malinche-Laura-Esquivel/dp/074329033X (461 words)

	Bookreporter.com - BETWEEN TWO FIRES by Laura Esquivel
		These two important themes are revealed in the book's first piece, "At the Hearth," a speech Esquivel delivered at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City in January of 1993 after being named "Woman of the Year" for 1992.
		Esquivel's belief that the preparation of food is a spiritual act is clear from the very beginning:
		But even the reader unconvinced by Esquivel's spiritual and political messages can find items of interest in the book, including a number of recipes (somewhat torturously worked into short stories) that sound quite tasty, and the stylized and dreamlike illustrations that appear in the borders of every page.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0609608479.asp (417 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Malinche, by Laura Esquivel, Hardcover, Spanish Language Edition
		Laura Esquivel, la princesa de la literatura latinoamericana, está de regreso.
		Because Esquivel is less interested in fleshing out the plot than in delineating the belief system of the pre-Azteccivilization, everything that happens to Malinalli is swathed in imagery and deep spiritual significance.
		Laura Esquivel nació en la ciudad de México en 1950.
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	Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Laura Esquivel's first novel, Like Water for Chocolate, is one such novel: the cover blurb describes it as "a novel in monthly installments with recipes, romances, and home remedies."
		Tita was born and raised in the kitchen; many of her joys and sadnesses revolve around food.
		Esquivel's novel is a fresh combination of love, food and Mexican tradition -- prepared and served from a delightfully rich point-of-view.
	www.rambles.net /esquivel_choco.html (257 words)

	TomFolio.com: by Laura ESQUIVEL
		Esquivel 's runaway best-seller that became a good movie, translated from the Spanish by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen.
		Esquivel, Laura, Illustrated by: Illustrated by Miguelanxo Prado The Law of Love Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc. New York 1995.
		Esquivel, Laura (translated by Margaret Sayers Peden) Illustrator: Illustrated by Miguelanxo Prado THE LAW OF LOVE Publisher: Crown Publishers NY 1995.
	www.tomfolio.com /SearchAuthorTitle.asp?Aut=Laura_ESQUIVEL (1029 words)

	Laura Esquivel Biography - Biography.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Esquivel began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher.
		Esquivel often explores the relationship between men and women in Mexico in her work.
		Esquivel has continued to show her creative flair and lyrical style in her later work.
	www.biography.com /search/article.do?id=185854 (205 words)

	Laura Esquivel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In fact, Esquivel feels that the kitchen is the most important part of the house
		Esquivel has explored a variety of literary genres.
		Esquivel has even taken a jump into the future with The Law of Love, which takes place in twenty-third century Mexico City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laura_Esquivel (488 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Laura Esquivel - Books: Meet the Writers
		A heaping measure of passionate romance, blended with a dash of traditional Mexican cooking and a hint of mysticism, was the unique recipe that made Laura Esquivel's debut novel, Like Water for Chocolate, a feast for readers and moviegoers alike.
		Esquivel's first novel is a "tall-tale, fairy-tale, soap opera romance, Mexican cookbook, and home-remedy handbook all rolled into one," observed The San Francisco Chronicle.
		A hit with English- and Spanish-speaking readers alike, the book was adapted for the silver screen by Esquivel herself, who penned the screenplay.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writer.asp?z=y&cid=123437 (268 words)

	Like Water for Chocolate -- Feminism in Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
		Esquivel presents these strong female figures in such a way as to make the reader begin to question any preconceptions previously held about the capabilities of women.
		Generally dealing with the idea that men have historically been thought of as superior to women, the feminist philosophy contends that men and women are equal and thus deserve equal treatment.
		Esquivel makes it clear that all the women characters are not dependent in any way to any men.
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=83007 (1697 words)

	Like Water for Chocolate Summary & Essays - Laura Esquivel
		In a New York Times interview, Laura Esquivel told Manalisa Calta that her ideas for the novel came out of her own experiences in the kitchen: "When I cook certain dishes, I smell my grandmother's kitchen, my grandmother's smells.
		I thought: what a wonderful way to tell a story." The story Esquivel tells is that of Tita De la Garza, a young Mexican woman whose family's kitchen becomes her world after her mother forbids her to marry the man she loves.
		Esquivel chronicles Tita's life from her teenage to middle-age years, as she submits to and eventually rebels against her mother's domination.
	www.enotes.com /like-water (349 words)

	Amazon.com: The Law of Love: Books: Laura Esquivel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Esquivel takes risks, and speaks about eternal subjects for discovery such as love, lust for power, materialism, revenge, violence, hatred.
		All of these subjects, which I never tire of exploring, are woven into a work with a fresh new perspective, and the experience of this new format adds to the enjoyment of this lovely work.
		Esquivel is pushing the borders of what it means to read a novel.
	www.amazon.com /Law-Love-Laura-Esquivel/dp/0609801279 (2403 words)

	Laura Esquivel—Reconquering Malinche - 2/15/2006 - Criticas - CA6305733
		For her role as Hernán Cortés’s interpreter and lover, La Malinche, the title character of Laura Esquivel’s latest novel, is widely considered a traitor of the Mexican people.
		Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) one of the top-selling Spanish-language books in the States, Esquivel portrays Malinche as an intelligent woman who overcame her condition as a slave to take part in a crusade that she believed would liberate her from the Aztec rule.
		Esquivel talked to Críticas about Mexico’s need to revise its history and embrace the Conquest, not as a tragedy in its past, but as the beginning of a wonderful and unique new culture.
	www.criticasmagazine.com /article/CA6305733.html (1269 words)

	Como agua para chocolate; Laura Esquivel
		Esquivel, Laura (1950-), escritora mexicana, nacida en la ciudad de México, célebre en el mundo entero por su novela Como agua para chocolate.
		Esta novela ha sido traducida a más de treinta lenguas y, en 1994, Laura Esquivel recibió el Premio ABBY (American Bookseller Book of de Year), convirtiéndose en el primer escritor extranjero que ha recibido este premio.
		Gracias a Laura Esquivel, nos es imposible el alejarnos de estos sentimientos.
	html.rincondelvago.com /como-agua-para-chocolate_laura-esquivel_6.html (3020 words)

	Biografia de Laura Esquivel
		Laura Esquivel cursó estudios de educadora, así como de teatro y creación dramática, y se especializó en teatro infantil, siendo cofundadora del Taller de Teatro y Literatura Infantil, adscrito a la Secretaría de Educación Pública.
		Ese mismo año Laura Esquivel se introdujo en la creación de guiones cinematográficos, debutando en 1985 con el guión de la película Chido One, el Tacos de Oro, nominada por su argumento para el premio Ariel de la Academia de Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas de México.
		En esta última el amor, con la figura de su padre como eje central del argumento, es otra vez el tema principal de la obra.
	www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/e/esquivel_laura.htm (295 words)

	Like Water For Chocolate - Laura Esquivel - Review - Mmmm... chocolate!
		The journey Laura Esquivel takes us on is one of culinary delight, mystery and magic, as well as romance.
		As I said earlier, the recipes serve as a way of understanding the emotions of Tita, right fr om the moment of her birth.
		There were scenes throughout the book which couldn't have been expected, but the very few there were Esquivel managed to add that little extra which kept me on my toes.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/like-water-for-chocolate-laura-esquivel/224543 (1246 words)

	La Bloga: Review: Malinche. A novel. By Laura Esquivel.
		Laura Esquivel and translator Ernesto Mestre-Reed hold their own against a worthy challenge, bringing to life on the pages of a short novel a character at the heart of Mexico’s foundation myth, Malinche.
		Sadly, Esquivel, or the translator, has given Malinche’s characters an awkward speech that interferes with the advancing of story.
		Despite the floricanto Esquivel’s characters speak, scenes like this one with Malinche’s mother resonate with understanding for the choices some women face in their drive up their own career ladder.
	labloga.blogspot.com /2006/08/review-malinche-novel-by-laura.html (756 words)

	Laura Esquivel, The Law of Love
		The world has evolved to the point where they are aware of such things, and are aware that each person in the universe has a "twin soul" -- someone who is exactly the complement to the other and who completes the partner.
		Azucena, through much bureaucratic red tape, has been allowed to meet her twin soul early (for in Esquivel's mythology, each soul must evolve through 14,000 lifetimes in order to meet its twin).
		Through a plot based in one of the many past lives, Rodrigo, Azucena's twin, is lost to her again and she sets out on a course to find him, aided by guardian angels and a motley crew of characters.
	rambles.net /esquivel_law.html (551 words)

	Laura Esquivel Biography
		Esquivel was born in 1951 in Mexico, the third of four children of Julio Caesar Esquivel, a telegraph operator, and his wife, Josephina.
		In an interview with Molly O'Neill in the New York Times, Esquivel explained, "I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal in Mexico.
		She had a chapel in the home, right between the kitchen and dining room.
	www.enotes.com /like-water/7738 (186 words)

	The Law of Love - Laura Esquivel
		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.
	www.randomhouse.com /features/lawoflove/author.html (110 words)

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	Book reviews of Swift As Desire by Laura Esquivel. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Swift as Desire is Laura Esquivel's loving tribute to her father, who worked his own lifelong magic as a telegraph operator.
		In this enchanting, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit, she shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.
		Fans of Esquivel, and there are many, will definitely enjoy this beautifully written story done in her trademark magical and bittersweet style.Â
	www.bookbrowse.com /reviews/index.cfm?book_number=890 (624 words)

	Laura Esquivel Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
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