She is in love with Pedro and fights all her life for his love. He has a special culinary ability where he can make you feel from the deepest sadness to the greatest desire through his food. She is obliged to take care of her parents because she is the youngest. However, it is also classified in the sub-genre of magical realism novel, since it manages to combine magical elements in the work without the magic being seen with the naked eye, intertwining them with the historical moment that Mexico was going through and with the country’s own customs. This novel, published in 1989, broke to some degree with the standards of the typical “romantic” or “pink” novel, while continuing to fulfill its main characteristics, which are that the center of the plot revolves around the romance story of two characters who desperately fight for his love and for him to succeed in the end.
The story that occurred in Como agua para chocolate is related by the daughter of Esperanza and Alex, who is involved with the recipes she acquires from her great-aunt in an old recipe book that was saved from a burial. In the book, food is one of the most powerful elements, since it reflects implicitly important feelings and actions that are not noticed with the naked eye, deeply affecting the characters’ intentions.
While Gertrudis is kidnapped by a general and runs away with him, naked, only to end up working dishonestly.Īfter this, Nacha dies and when Gertrudis leaves, Tita is completely alone. See also The Autumn of the Patriarch - Gabriel García Márquezīetween the first two, sexual tension becomes completely evident, which they only share with their eyes and complement each other with food.
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