Name: LO QUE YO VI (in Spanish)
Price: 22.57 EUR
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Author: Laura Esquivel
ISBN: 9789877391985

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Physical Book

Author

Laura Esquivel

Publisher

SUMA DE LETRAS

Synopsis "LO QUE YO VI (in Spanish)"

Desde la casa donde nació, los juegos decalle durante su niñez, la música que haservido como banda sonora de su vida hasta losmovimientos sociales y el ataque terrorista contralas Torres Gemelas — que le tocó presenciar —,Laura Esquivel, la autora mexicana más leída enel mundo, nos enseña a través de un coloridomosaico de escritos lo que sus ojos vieron, lascosas de las que ha sido testigo en sus 72 años devida.Son trece entregas que resultan por partes igualesun vínculo a nuestra historia, celebración denuestras tradiciones, un comentario social yla narración de emocionales recuentos de lasmemorias de Laura y toda una generación.En un constante vaivén que oscila entre si todopasado es mejor o si vivir el presente es aquelloque nos sublima como seres humanos, la autorade Como agua para chocolate nos confirmalo que sí ha comprobado: siempre es más bellocontemplar con el alma que con los ojos.

Laura Esquivel

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(Mexico City, 1950) Began her career as a teacher and film screenwriter, an activity in which she has received various accolades, including the Ariel Award for the best film screenplay. Since the publication of Like Water for Chocolate, her first novel, she gained international recognition and became one of the most important Mexican writers. She received an Honorary Doctorate in Letters from the University of Saint Andrew in Scotland. She has also been awarded the Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit by the government of Chile and has been the recipient of the ABBY (American Booksellers Book of the Year) award, a distinction that for the first time in its history was granted to a foreign writer. Her novel Like Water for Chocolate has been translated into 36 languages and adapted into film and theater.

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