The Burning City

The Burning City

by Ariel Dorfman (Author)

Synopsis

Heller is delivering messages in Manhattan's melting-pot of immigrants. Swerving through the city streets on his bike, he's carrying heartbreak and hope from around the world - and feeling it himself...As Heller reaches his 16th birthday in the long hot summer preceding September 11th, he confronts the timeless perplexities that have left older adults confused since the beginning of time. Unrequited love, state indifference and family dynamics form the background to a fast-paced, moving and unusual novel for teenage and adult readers.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 06 May 2004

ISBN 10: 0099451441
ISBN 13: 9780099451440
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: A passionate young adult novel set in New York in the searingly hot summer before September 11th.

Media Reviews
For pure adrenalin shot through with giddy intelligence, teenagers can't do much better than The Burning City. -- Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
A very high profile writer for adults, Ariel Dorfman is an exile from the Pinochet regime in Chile, the child of Holocaust refugees. He has written several well known plays about repression and dictatorship, including DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (filmed by Roman Polanski). His last novel, THE NANNY AND THE ICEBERG, was published in the UK in Autumn 1999 and was very widely and well reviewed in the broadsheets. His autobiography, HEADING NORTH, LOOKING SOUTH was recently published and he has a new play, PURGATORY, opening in London in Spring 2003.