Joaquín Dorfman

Heller Higland é un anxo da morte. Durante o verán anterior ao 11 de setembro de 2001, percorre velozmente na súa bicicleta as rúas de Nova York, unha cidade que semella se vai derreter. Heller, un adolescente maduro e consciente das inxustizas que existen no mundo, traballa ao servizo da empresa Noticias Suaves onde e o encargado de entregar as malas noticias. E faino de forma tan amable e considerada que os destinatarios das suas entregas, a maior parte emigrantes rusos, indios ou chilenos, o recoñecen como un mensaxeiro da esperanza. A cidade en chamas, escrita en colaboracion por Ariel Dorfman e o seu fillo, o autor teatral, Joaquin Dorfman, constitue unha das novelas mais orixinais e exitosas para xoves das publicadas recentemente nos Estados Unidos.

I always know what Im doing.So says 18-year-old Sebastian Montero, who is famous around town as a problem solver of the subtlest kind. Want a date with the girl of your dreams? Bastian can make it happen. Have a friend threatening suicide? Baz can talk him off the ledge. But as popular as Sebastian is, no one really knows him. Thanks to his intricate network of favors and debts Sebastian controls the world, manipulates itand hides from it. It isnt until his best friend asks him to track down his long-missing father that Sebastian is forced to face the most challenging problem of all, the solution to which will change his life forever.

Freaky Friday for the 21st century . .Joaquin Dorfman is back with another smart novel that pushes the envelope of literary fiction, examining identity, high school roles, and even the high-blown concept of destiny through a cool science-fiction lens. What if, in a Freaky Friday moment, a wise and humble 40-year-old man woke one morning to find himself transported back in time, into his body more than 20 years before, when he was the popular, entitled, and arrogant quarterback of the school football team? Could the man do anything to stop a tragedy initiated by the cruel actions of the boy, or is fate too strong a force? Its the small-town football worship of Friday Night Lights with a dark and unsettling Donnie Darko twist.Praise for Playing It Cool:* A sophisticated mystery/romance/coming-of-age story full of red herrings and elaborate schemes.School Library Journal, Starred