Taína

Authors: Quiñonez, Ernesto
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC027020, FIC048000, FIC056000
ISBN: 9781984897510, Related ISBNs: 059315133X, 0593151348, 1984897489, 1984897500, 1984897519
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Una original y oscura novela de iniciación, rebosante de realismo mágico urbano, amor y redención, del autor de El vendedor de sueños.

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 Taina, una chica de su escuela que está embarazada, pero que dice ser virgen, su amor ciego por ella desata un torbellino de emociones que llevarán a Julio a cuestionar a sus padres, su religión e incluso los principios básicos de la ciencia. Junto al tío de Taina, un ex convicto con un oscuro pasado conocido como “El Vejigante”, Julio se ve envuelto en una red de delitos que, aunque lo acercarán finalmente a Taina, terminarán también por revelar un secreto de familia del cual no saldrá indemne.
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