Taina
A Novel
$29.96
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2019
Summary
A uniquely dark, coming-of-age novel ripe with magical realism, music, sorcery and redemption, with sweeping narrative from the author of Bodega Dreams. A Vintage Original.
A uniquely dark, coming-of-age novel rife with urban magical realism, love, and redemption, from the author of Bodega Dreams
When Julio, a teenager living in Spanish Harlem, hears that Taina, a pregnant fifteen-year-old from his high school claims to be a virgin, he decides to believe her. Julio has a histo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781984897480 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1984897489 |
| Author: | Ernesto B. Quinonez |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“Latin American magical realism leaps over any borders and ends up in the barrio of Spanish Harlem. A love story, coming-of-age story, a mystery, a whodunit story, and ultimately a story of true love in the broadest sense.” —Julia Álvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies
“Taína is a searing search for the meaning in what we choose to believe and the stories we tell ourselves… . This novel’s belief and trust in love is something we desperately need to hear.” —Helena Viramontes, author of Under the Feet of Jesus
Ernesto B. Quinonez
Ernesto Quinonez was born in Ecuador, but arrived in New York City when he was eighteen months old and was raised in El Barrio, East Harlem. Quinonez is also the author of Bodega Dreams and Chango’s Fire. Quinonez is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where he teaches Creative Writing, Latino Fiction, and Magical Realism, among others.
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