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Bodega Dreams, Ernesto Quiñonez
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
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- Titel
- Bodega Dreams
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ernesto Quiñonez
- Verlag
- Vintage
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0375705899
- ISBN13
- 9780375705892
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historische Romane, Young Adult, Klassiker, Schule, New York
- Bewertung
- 3,9 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- In this "thriller with literary merit" (Time Out New York), a stunning narrative combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley. Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie 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. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder. "Bodega is a fascinating character. . . . The story [Quiñonez] tells has energy and verve." —The New York Times Book Review