Further Reading
- Additional coverage of Esquivel's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 29; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 143; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 68; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Hispanic Literature Criticism Supplement, Vol. 1; Major 20th-Century Writers; and Novels for Students, Vol. 5.
- Alameda, Soledad, “Laura Esquivel, el sueño y la vida,” El país semanal, 247 (12 November 1995): 40–46. (An short interview that was also reprinted in the February 1996 issue of World Press Review, Vol. 43, No. 2. Esquivel discusses her impetus to write, her book The Law of Love, and her decision to write in the science fiction genre, among other things.)
- Houston, Robert, “Karma Chameleons,” New York Times Book Review (17 November 1996): 11. (Review of The Law of Love, a “multimedia” novel that includes a variety of additional materials such as a compact disc with music, illustrated panels in comic strip form, and selections of pre-Columbian poetry scattered throughout. Houston calls the work “seriously flawed,” and censures Esquivel for producing a tedious and confusing work.)
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