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Taína : una novela / Ernesto Quinonez ; traducción de Eva Ibarzábal.

Quiñonez, Ernesto, (author.). Ibarzábal, Eva, (translator.).

Summary:

RESUMEN: "Julio, un joven de origen puertorriqueño y ecuatoriano que vive en el barrio de Spanish Harlem en Nueva York, sufre de extrañas visiones. Cuando decide creer a Taína, una chica de su escuela que está embarazada, pero que dice ser virgen, su amor ciego por ella desata un torbellino de emociones que le llevarán a cuestionar a sus padres, su religión e incluso los principios básicos de la ciencia. Junto al tío de Taína, un exconvicto con un oscuro pasado conocido como "El Vejigante," Julio se ve envuelto en una red delitos que, aunque lo acercarán finalmente a Taína, terminarán también por revelar un secreto de familia del cual no saldrá indemne."--Page 4 of cover.
SUMMARY: Julio, a Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian youth living in the barrio of Spanish Harlem, suffers from strange visions. When he decides to believe Taína, a girl from school who is pregnant but claims to be a virgin, his love for her becomes a storm of emotions that will call into question his parents, his religion, and the basic principles of science. Together with Taína's uncle, an ex-convict with a hidden past who goes by "El Vejigante", Julio finds himself involved in a series of crimes that will bring him closer to Taína, but ultimately reveal a family secret from which no one will emerge unscathed.--Translation of page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1984897500
  • ISBN: 9781984897503
  • Physical Description: 283 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Primera edición.
  • Publisher: Nueva York : Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of: Taína.
Language Note:
In Spanish. En español.

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Subject: Hispanic American youth > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Pregnant teenagers > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Magic realist fiction.
Spanish language materials.

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