Dorfman, Ariel & Joaquin. Burning city.DORFMAN, Ariel Dorfman, Ariel (äryĕl` dôrf`män), 1942–, Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, and journalist, b. Argentina. Dorfman's family moved to the United States shortly after his birth, settling in Chile in 1954. & Joaquin. Burning city. Random House. 259p. c2003. 0-375-83204-1. $7.95. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: It's the scorching scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. summer of 2001 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , and 16-year-old Heller is working as a messenger for a company named Soft Tidings, zooming all over Manhattan at top speed on his bike and delivering news with "a personal touch." Heller is especially good at gently delivering bad news, and he encounters all kinds of strange characters in the course of his work. He dreams of winning bike races, makes some unexpected new friends, and falls in love with beautiful Silvia, only to find he's too afraid to deliver bad news to her. When one of Heller's new friends, an illegal immigrant illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) named Salim, is badly beaten by a brutal cop and then disappears from the hospital, Heller mobilizes his friends to search for Salim, confronting the melting pot of Manhattan in the melting heat. In the end, Heller finds himself changed by the events of the summer, with new confidence and a new understanding and appreciation of others. Co-written by playwright Ariel Dorfman (Death and the Maiden Death and the Maiden may refer to:
S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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