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"'Esquivel tells the story with earthy, observant sensuality... vividly evokes universal emotions in an exotic world'" (Jessica Mann Sunday Telegraph)
"'A beautiful story, rich with love, that closely examines language, communication and misunderstanding'" (Punch)
"'A haunting and hypnotic love story'" (Harpers & Queen)
"'It's already heralded a litany of praise...the sensuality quota is full to capacity'" (Ireland on Sunday)
"'Laura Esquivel serves up another rich confection'" (The Times)
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Instead of entering the world crying, like other babies, Jubilo was born with a smile on his face. He had a gift for hearing what was in people's hearts, for listening to sand dunes sing and insects whisper. Even as a young boy, acting as an interpreter between his warring Mayan grandmother and Spanish-speaking mother, he would translate words of spite into words of respect, so that their mutual hatred turned to love. When he grew up, he put his gift to good use in his job as a humble telegraph operator.
But now the telegraph lies abandoned, obsolete as a form of communication in the electronic age, and Don Jubilo is on his deathbed, mute and estranged from his beloved wife, Lucha, who refuses to speak to him. What tragic event has come between such two such sensuous, loving people to cause their seemingly irreparable rift? What mystery lies behind the death of the son no-one ever mentions? Can their daughter bring reconciliation to her parents before it is too late, by acting as an interpreter between them in Morse code, just as Jubilo used to do for other people?
In this magical, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit, Laura Esquivel shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.
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- VerlagBlack Swan
- Erscheinungsdatum2002
- ISBN 10 0552999547
- ISBN 13 9780552999540
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten208
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