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050	0	0	_aPR9540.9.A83 _bW37 2008
082	0		_aLAS FIC ESQ _2
100	1		_aEsquivel, Laura _d(, 1950-)
245	1	4	_aSwift as desire _c/ Laura Esquivel ; Translated by Stephen Lytle
260			_aNew York _b: Random House Inc. _c, 2001
300			_a207p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aInstead of entering the world crying like other babies, Júbilo 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 his 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 Júbilo is on his deathbed, mute and estranged from his beloved wife, Lucha, who refuses to speak to him. What tragic event has come between 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, just as Júbilo used to do for other people? Swift as Desire is Laura Esquivel's loving tribute to her father, who worked his own lifelong magic as a telegraph operator.
546			_aTranslated from the Spanish to English.
650		4	_aMarriage -- _vFiction
650		4	_aSeparation (Psychological) _v--Fiction
650		4	_aReconciliation _x-Fiction
655			_aDomestic fiction
700	1		_aLytle, Stephen A.
942			_cLAS
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