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Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate — A Novel in Monthly Installments,  with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (English translation)  and the Like Water for Chocolate film

Posted on 29th August 2016 by Cat Eldridge

Whenever she closed her eyes she saw scenes from last Christmas, the first time Pedro and his family had been invited to dinner; the scenes grew more and more vivid, and the cold within her grew sharper. Despite the time … Continue reading →

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Christopher Priest’s The Islanders

Posted on 14th December 2014 by Cat Eldridge

First thing to note is that this is not a novel. It’s more like notes that travelers put together on exotic (to them, not people who live there) locales they visited. Think of it as akin to something the publishers … Continue reading →

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