Lucky in love but unlucky everywhere else, the hapless Rodrigo gets himself abducted, framed for murder, and imprisoned on a distant planet. Azucena, pursued by the presidente's deathsquad, dares to attempt his rescue. The story is not all chocolate, roses, and glowing eyes. The first twelve pages contain a rape, two infanticides, a murder, a suicide, and death from a broken heart. Like the French humorist Rabelais, Laura Esquivel writes with an earthy sensuality and a cool irreverence that makes all aspects of human existence ripe for her playful barbs.
Life changes completely.
This is the kind of book that makes us laugh out loud, and renews our wounded faith in the modern novel, and in the power that conquers all.