{"product_id":"swift-as-desire-9780385721516","title":"Swift as Desire","description":"As the millions of fans of \u003ci\u003eLike Water for Chocolate \u003c\/i\u003eknow, Laura Esquivel is a romanticist whose novels explore the power of love and the truths of the human heart. She returns to those themes in \u003cb\u003eSwift as Desire\u003c\/b\u003e, the story of a loving and passionate man who has the gift of bringing happiness to everyone except his own wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hero of this novel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis J bilo Chi, a telegraph operator who is born with the ability to \"hear\" people's true feelings and respond to their most intimate, unspoken desires. His life changes forever the day he falls deeply and irrevocably in love with Lucha, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy family. She believes money is necessary to insure happiness, while for J bilo, who is poor, love and desire are more important than possessions. But their passion for each other enables them to build a happy life together -- until their idyll is shattered by a terrible event that drives them bitterly apart. Only years later, as J bilo lies dying, is his daughter able to unravel the mystery behind her parents' long estrangement and bring about a surprising reconciliation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385721516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.14w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Esquivel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315016200373,"sku":"9780385721516","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8143d962-52d6-4ed6-b34b-d84ff071ea2f.jpg?v=1718719811","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swift-as-desire-9780385721516","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}