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Ernesto Quinonez was born in Ecuador, but arrived to New York City he was eighteen months old and was raised in El Barrio, East Harlem. Quinonez is also the author ofBodega DreamsandChango's Fire. Quinonez is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where he teaches Creative Writing, Latino Fiction and Magical Realism, among others.
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 Alvarez, author of In the Time of Butterflies Taina 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
