{"product_id":"taina-paperback-2","title":"Taína - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnesto Quiñonez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA uniquely dark, coming-of-age novel rife with urban magical realism, love, and redemption, from the author of \u003ci\u003eBodega Dreams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 history of strange visions and his blind and unrequited love for Taina will unleash a whirlpool of emotions that will bring him to question his hard-working Puerto Rican mother and his communist Ecuadorian father, his beliefs and even the building blocks of modern science (after seeing the conception of Taina's baby as a revolution in nature). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After meeting Taína's uncle, \"El Vejigante\", an ex-con with a dark past, he accepts his proposal to support her during her pregnancy and becomes entangled in a web of crime that, while taking him closer to Taína, ultimately reveals a family secret that will not leave him unscathed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnesto Quiñonez was born in Ecuador, but arrived to New York City he was eighteen months old and was raised in El Barrio, East Harlem. Quiñonez is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBodega Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChango's Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. Quiñonez is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where he teaches Creative Writing, Latino Fiction and Magical Realism, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257898909945,"sku":"9781984897480","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vKnTzbcSH39781984897480_8c4fc26c-4615-4203-a59e-00575e27f176.webp?v=1768756286","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/taina-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}