Other works of Laura Esquivel includes the third novel, Swift as Desire (Tan VelozComoeldeseo), 2001, Malinche: A Novel (Malinche: novel). She then came out with the non-fiction compilation Between Two Fires in 2000 containing essays on food, life, and love. After Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel released The Law of Love (La Ley del Amor) in 1995, which also had good reviews from critics. The film received several awards including ten Arieles. In 1994, the film adaptation of Like Water for Chocolate was released becoming one of the largest grossing foreign films in the United States. The novel has been translated into 20 languages since its release in 1989. In 1990, it became a bestseller in Mexico. It also went into second and third printing the same year of its publication. Like Water for Chocolate was very successful placing second in sales in 1989. The novel contains recipes, home remedies alongside love stories. She, therefore, uses her time in the kitchen when cooking to express her great passion of love.
The novel is set on the protagonist Tita who was prevented from getting married in order to take care of her mother. In 1989, Laura Esquivel released one of her major works, Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for chocolate).
In 1970 through to 1980s, Esquivel also wrote children’s television program. As a trained teacher, she started writing plays for her students by founding a children theatre workshop. Her father was a telegraph operator and her mother a homemaker. She was the third of four children by her parents.
Laura Esquivel was born on September 30, 1950, in Mexico City, Mexico to Julio César Esquivel and Josefa Valdés. Her other novels include The Law of Love (La Ley del Amor) in 1995, Swift as Desire (Tan VelozComoeldeseo), 2001, Malinche: A Novel (Malinche: novel)Esquivel went into politics and now served in the Chamber of Deputies representing the Morena Party. The book became a best seller in Mexico, and its film adaptation became one of the highest grossing foreign films in the United States. It is about a young girl, Tita who expresses her love through cooking because, in the name of upholding tradition, her mother prevented her from being with the love of her life, Pedro. Born on September 30, 1950, she is the author of Like Water for Chocolate, an imaginative combination of novel and cookbook. Laura Esquivel is a Mexican politician, novelist, and screenwriter.
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