SIWA Monthly Book Club: “COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE” by Laura Esquivel.

“A tall-tale, fairy-tale, soap-opera romance, Mexican cookbook and home-remedy handbook all rolled into one, Like Water For Chocolate is one tasty entree from first-time novelist Laura Esquivel.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Como Agua Para Chocolate whose literal translation in English is ‘Like Water for Chocolate’  is a very common Spanish phrase which means one’s emotions are on the verge of boiling over and cannot be controlled. 

This story is about Tita who has strong cravings for her lover Pedro, but can never marry him because her mother forbids it and cites a family tradition where the youngest daughter has to stay single and must take care of her mother until she dies. Tita is extremely saddened to know this and is only able to express her emotions by cooking food  which is also transferred into the hearts and minds of people who eat it.

How will Tita’s life unfold? Will she  be able to break the shackles of her mothers tyrannous tradition? Will Tita and Pedro ever get together? 

Join us this September to discuss this  book on love, passion, rebel, self growth and food!

The book is divided into 12 chapters and each comes with a Mexican recipe which correlates to a specific event in Tita’s life.

Event date & time: 2023.09.08. 10:30 – 12:00

Event host: Sejung Jang, bookclub@siwakorea.com 

Venue / meeting spot: Paris Croissant Hannam-dong , 서울 용산구 독서당로 78 (한남동) 청화빌딩

Naver map: http://naver.me/xaP7LmuL 

Nr of participants: no limit

Ticket price: free

Additional Information: BC events are exclusively for SIWA members. 

If you want to plan ahead, next month’s book is “A DISTANT AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE” by Yang Kwija