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Tan veloz como el deseo (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Laura Esquivel (Author), Random House Mondadori (Editor)
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January 10, 2003
Es este un hermoso relato ambientado en Mexico, a principios del siglo XX, con posterioridad a la Revolucion Mexicana: la historia de Jubilo, un hombre que nacio con el don de la alegria y la capacidad de «escuchar» los verdaderos sentimientos de las personas no expresados en palabras. Desde pequeno, Jubilo se convierte en el interprete entre su abuela, de origen maya, y su madre, de origen espanol. A caballo entre dos culturas, sirve de lazo entre esas dos mujeres irreconciliables. Jubilo ha descubierto el poder de las palabras, tan grande como el deseo, y ello determinara que elija convertirse en telegrafista para poder seguir traduciendo e interpretando a su antojo. A traves del relato de su hija Lluvia, que lo acompana en sus ultimos dias, postrado en el lecho y privado de la palabra, descubrimos la historia de Jubilo, quien conocio como nadie la discordancia entre el deseo y la palabra. Todavia debera aprender una ultima leccion: despues de todo, el amor sigue viajando a la velocidad del deseo. «Encantador ... imposible no conmoverse.» Elle


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Mexican author Esquivel is best known for the stupendous success of her first novel, the charmingly erotic, recipe-filled Como agua como chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate, Anchor, 2001. reprint), which was spun into a profitable magic realist Hollywood film. The author, who started her career as a screenwriter, seems to love working with various forms of media; she included a CD of ambient music with her second novel, La ley del amor (The Law of Desire, Random House Espa?ol, 1997). Her third novel, an examination of estranged love, is a welcome improvement over the New Age theme of its not-so-successful predecessor. Here, Esquivel turns down the otherworldliness a notch and explores the old-fashioned poetics of love and communication one of the characters tells his love story with an archaic telegraph hooked up to a computer. While Chocolate's story is about a daughter's relationship with her mother, Tan veloz's narrator Lluvia pours her heart out about her father Jubilo, who has Parkinson's disease and has lost his ability to speak. Trying to figure out what went wrong in her parents' marriage, she discovers her mother had sacrificed her upper-class status in a rush to lose her virginity by marrying the literally magnetic Jubilo, an aspiring telegraphist and simple man with Mayan blood who can sense people's electrical energies. He willfully gives part of his soul with each tapped message he sends and loves a job that doesn't produce enough to satisfy his wife's material needs. In an effort to make some quick money for a desperate friend, Jubilo wins a high-stakes poker game with the evil and rich Don Pedro, whose vengeance thwarts the couple's love. Esquivel's quirky voice is reminiscent of Judy Blume's blushing-adolescent erotica but transforms that style into an elegantly adult one. The rich setting of earthy Mexico as a backdrop for a family's love-gone-wrong story makes for a smooth, simple read for devotees of a quality romance. Recommended for all bookstores and public libraries. Adriana Lopez, "Criticas"
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Language Notes

Text: Spanish --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Debolsillo (January 10, 2003)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 8497593618
  • ISBN-13: 978-8497593618
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,619,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura Esquivel is the award-winning author of Like Water for Chocolate, which has sold over four and a half million copies around the world in 35 languages, The Law of Love, and most recently, Between Two Fires. She lives in Mexico City.

 

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best... de lo mejor, November 26, 2001
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Very few times in life do we get the opportunity to read what we are feeling, and what we truly think and can't express about the people we love.
In this book, Laura Esquivel does just that. She weaves the fabric of love, our most intimate thoughts, desire, passion, true friendship, anger, and betrayal, through the life of Jubilo Chi, a telegraphist... a normal everyday man ... a person like you or me ... maybe someone you know ... or knew.... maybe, maybe... someone like your dad... and she helps us realise that love is always... AS SWIFT AS DESIRE

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Muy pocas veces en la vida tenemos la oportunidad de leer en palabras de alguien mas lo que realmente sentimos, creemos y que no podemos expresar acerca de quienes amamos.
En este libro, Laura Esquivel hace justamente eso. Ella teje la tela del amor, los pensamientos mas intimos, el deseo, la pasion, la verdadera amistad, la ira, y la traicion a traves de la vida de Jubilo Chi, un telegrafista.... un hombre normal.... una persona como tu o como yo... o tal vez como alguien que conoces... o conociste.... tal vez, tal vez alguien como tu papa..... y comprueba una vez mas que el amor es TAN VELOZ COMO EL DESEO

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Diferente y sensacional, September 28, 2001
Una novela en la cual puedes palpar las emociones y sentimientos de los personajes que viven esta historia llena de pasion.Una historia unica,diferente,palpitante y creativa que nos lleva a apreciar y nos enseña a valorar cada segundo de nuestra vida.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars ¡¡¡¡ FENOMENAL !!!!, January 2, 2006
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Había tenido la oportunidad de leer Como Agua para Chocolate y me fascino. Ahora decidí leer esta novela pues me habia encantado la manera de escribir de Laura Esquivel. Sin duda esta historia es tan erotica como "Como Agua para Chocolate". Laura Esquivel sabe como manejar las palabras para hacerlas sensuales, tristes, cautivantes, interesantes sin dejar de ser aburrida la historia. Me encanto.
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