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Original Title:	Tan veloz como el deseo
ISBN:	038572151X (ISBN13: 9780385721516)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Júbilo, Lluvia, Lucha

Swift as Desire Paperback | Pages: 208 pages

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Title	:	Swift as Desire
Author	:	Laura Esquivel
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	August 27th 2002 by Anchor (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Romance. Magical Realism. Historical. Historical Fiction

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An enchanting, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit; Esquivel shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love. Instead 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. In this enchanting, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit, she shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.

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This is the 3rd book Ive read by Laura Esquivel and I cant recommend her books enough. She has a way of giving ordinary things magical qualities. She also gives you insight in other cultures and their history. This story is about love, family ,trust and how communication is vital to balance and harmony. I loved how she gave you both sides in Jubilo and Lucha relationships. It was very clear for the reader were things got lost in translation and caused a rift between this couple. I highly

Many said that the other books that Esquivel wrote werent that great as Water for Chocolate. I have to agree that the first was the best, but isnt that always the case. When you adore the first the others are just okay. I didnt had high hopes for this one, but when I started it everything changed.Jubilo is such a great character, he doesnt care about money or material things. I loved that when he gives a present its not a expensive gift, but a gift from the heart. Isnt that the way it should

It healed me. I connected deeply with Jubilo's character and felt my own heart begin to make recovery.

Jubilo has two great gifts: he was good at communicating and at loving Lucha. As a child he uses his gift for communication to change the messages he is translating between his two warring grandmothers, using simple language tweaks to improve their relationship. Growing up to become a telegraph worker, he plays similar tricks, using his special sensitivity to try to make the world as joyful as he is. And his life is overflowing with the joy of love: "Lucha swayed her hips gently, but with

1.SummarizeThis book was about a girl named lucha and a guy named jubilo that love so much since they were adolescents they though that they were going to be happy if they married but the girl was rich and the guy was poor they tough they were going to be happy but when they married everything change because they dont have money and the girl wants to buy everithing that was the major problem on their life.2.author purposethe author purpose is to learn that love is not everithing always that you

Swift as Desire tells the story of a poor man who falls in love with a rich woman. Both of these individuals have different perspectives on what it means to love someone and how to show someone that they love them. They're love for each other allows them to look past their own perceptions of love and build a great life with each other until a terrible event occurs. Their daughter uncovers the mystery and tells you how a once great love story becomes an estrangement between her parents. I was

Not my type of book. I was expecting the magic of Like Water For Chocolate.Laura Esquivel writes prose as it were poetry. It is musical. It flows and takes you away. The book was written wonderfully but it seemed to me that the story was only important to the writer only. Unfortunately, I didn't care about the characters in the book.