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Ernesto Quiñonez (born 1969) is an Ecuadorian-Puerto Rican novelist. His work received the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers designation, the Borders Bookstore Original New Voice selection, and was declared a "Notable Book of the Year" by The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Quiñonez is an associate professor at Cornell University.

Ernesto Quiñonez
Born1969 (age 5253)
Ecuador
OccupationNovelist, professor
NationalityEcuadorian, American
GenreFiction, non-fiction, journalism
Notable worksBodega Dreams (2000)
Chango's Fire (2004)

Work


Quiñonez's first novel, Bodega Dreams, was published in 2000. The New York Times declared it "a New Immigrant Classic"[1] and "a stark evocation of life in the projects of El Barrio ... the story he tells has energy and nerve."[2] Time magazine announced that "Quiñonez knows this 'hood--readers may have to remind themselves that this is a work of fiction and not a memoir. His prose, detailed and passionate, brings the tale to life."[3]

In Quiñonez's second novel, Chango's Fire, published in 2004, the protagonist, Julio Santana, is an intelligent high-school dropout who moonlights as an arsonist.[4] The Washington Post declared that Chango's Fire "succeeds in its rich characterizations of the people of the barrio, led by Julio, whose complexity and sensitivity carry the story."[citation needed] The El Paso Times praised Quiñonez's "extraordinary ability to detail, and nurture, and then unveil complex emotions in his characters. For any reader who wants to believe in a difficult protagonist, and appreciate the reality of El Barrio beyond facile stereotypes, this book is essential."[5] Kirkus Reviews criticized the characters and situations in Chango's Fire for lack of believably but hailed "Quiñonez's ingeniously detailed revelations of how people cheat and improvise, to survive in an impoverished and dangerous racist environment. This is an author who knows his material."[4] Booklist heralded it as a "searing portrait of a community at the tipping point ... Quiñonez ably illuminates the sordid politics of gentrification and the unexpected places new immigrants turn to for social and spiritual support."[6]

The Wall Street Journal declared that Quiñonez third novel Taina, "Though Taina is far more modest in scope, it has the same complicated intimacy with the neighborhood and its history as Bodega Dreams."

Quiñonez is a Story Teller for The Moth and a Sundance Writers Lab fellow and last appeared in the "Blackout" episode of PBS's American Experience.


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References


  1. "Ernesto Quiñonez". Cornell Department of English. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. Casey, Maud (March 12, 2000). "Bad Influencia". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. Philadelphia, Desa (March 19, 2000). "Moving Up". Time. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  4. "Chango's Fire". Kirkus Reviews. August 15, 2001. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  5. Troncoso, Sergio (November 21, 2004). "Book Review: Ernesto Quiñonez's Chango's Fire". sergiotroncoso.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. "Chango's Fire". Booklist. Retrieved October 7, 2020.





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