Law of Love
by Laura Esquivel
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517706814
- ISBN 13
- 9780517706817
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Originally published in 1990, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) won Laura Esquivel international acclaim. 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. Ms. Esquivel lives in Mexico.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 288865
- Title
- Law of Love
- Author
- Laura Esquivel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517706814
- ISBN 13
- 9780517706817
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group (NY)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- September 1996
- Pages
- 266
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About the Seller
A Cappella Books
About A Cappella Books
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