Law of Love
1998 Nominated

Law of Love

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

The intensely anticipated new novel from the author of the international bestseller Like Water for Chocolate tells a cosmic love story, a Mexican Midsummer Night’s Dream that stretches from the fall of Montezuma’s Mexico to the 23rd century. A skillful and delightfully playful blend of fictional genres, The Law of Love features 48 pages of dramatic, colour illustrations by Miguelanxo Prado, Spain’s premier artist of the graphic novel.

Original title in Spanish La ley del amor

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Laura
Esquivel

Laura Esquivel began her career as a screenwriter. Her 1990 debut novel, Like Water for Chocolate, became a literary sensation, translated into over forty languages and selling over 10 million copies worldwide. The 1992 motion picture based on the novel, with a script written by Esquivel, garnered international acclaim and broke box-office records for a foreign language film. A major ballet adaptation choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2022.

Esquivel’s subsequent novels, The Law of LoveSwift As Desire and Malinche, shared success amongst critics and the public alike. Her most recent titles, Tita’s Diary and The Colours of My Past, complete a trilogy that began with Like Water for Chocolate.

Laura Esquivel began her career as a screenwriter. Her 1990 debut novel, Like Water for Chocolate, became a literary sensation, translated into over forty languages and selling over 10 million copies worldwide. The 1992 motion picture based on the novel, with a script written by Esquivel, garnered international acclaim and broke box-office records for a foreign language film. A major ballet adaptation choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2022.

Esquivel’s subsequent novels, The Law of LoveSwift As Desire and Malinche, shared success amongst critics and the public alike. Her most recent titles, Tita’s Diary and The Colours of My Past, complete a trilogy that began with Like Water for Chocolate.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Margaret
Sayers Peden

Margaret Sayers Peden (May 10, 1927 – July 5, 2020) was an American translator and professor emerita of Spanish at the University of Missouri. Prior to her death in 2020, Peden lived and worked in Columbia, Missouri.

Margaret Sayers Peden (May 10, 1927 – July 5, 2020) was an American translator and professor emerita of Spanish at the University of Missouri. Prior to her death in 2020, Peden lived and worked in Columbia, Missouri.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Mexico, United States
Original Language
Spanish
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group
Translator
Margaret Sayers Peden
Nominating Library

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