Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez
The word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willy Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty - and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Chino is drawn to Bodega?s street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself out of his depth trying to navigate an underworld of switchblade tempers, dog-eats-dog morality and murder. West Side Story meets The Sopranos in a narrative that combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams hails the arrival of a writer who brilliantly gives voice to the Latino experience of today.
?Beautifully realized.. Frequently brilliant? San Francisco Examiner ?Rich with eye-opening detail, [this is] a lively and entertaining work by a young writer whose talents are deserving of a wide readership? Oscar Hijuelos ?A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience? Esmeralda Santiago
Ernesto Quinoñez was born in Ecuador but raised in Spanish Harlem, and attended the City College Creative Writing Programme where he studied under Walter Mosley. Bodega Dreams has earned him the Jerome Lowell Dejur Award and a place on the Village Voice's 'Writers on the Verge' list for 2000. He lives in New York City where he teaches at public schools.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852426613 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852426616 |
| Title | Bodega Dreams |
| Author | Ernesto Quinonez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-10-19 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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