Esperanza Pérez Knihy

"If we are not in harmony with ourselves, how can we possibly be in harmony with anyone else, much less the world we inhabit? We want to lead lives that are whole, without sorrow, anger, fear, stress, and anxiety, yet we continue to define ourselves by these negative outlooks. "We seem to be ignorant of, and even threatened by, more positive perceptions. Intellectuals who achieve personal security only in being cynical scoff at love and the softer emotions as being mere sentimentality. Good is not in the cards for the human race, they say. What they are really saying is, 'I don't want to risk belief, or love, or anything kindly, because I can't bear to be hurt, or betrayed, or rebuffed, or made to look foolish.' "The human race has indeed had a bloody history. So what do we do? Keep allowing, or causing, it to happen? Or try, each one of us individually, to accept the internal recognition of responsibility, to believe in and make real the power that each of us possesses, knowing that what one single person does can indeed make a difference." From Going Within

Zbierka poviedok vynikajúcej majsterky detektívneho žánru. Poviedky vyžarujú napätie a dramatickosť, každá z nich sa čitateľovi dostáva pod kožu. Láska, pomsta... násilná smrť. A nitky dôkazov v správnych rukách... Poviedky: Syndróm Anastázia, Stretnutie po rokoch, Šťastný deň, Dvojité videnie, Stratený anjel. Mladý herec sa nevie zmieriť s tým, že školská režisérka pridelila úlohu jeho konkurentovi - a nikdy jej to neodpustí. Caroline, ktorá sa medzitým dala na právnickú dráhu, ani netuší, aké nebezpečenstvo jej hrozí.. Žreb, ktorý je víťaznou kombináciou lásky a násilnej smrti, zamieša karty medzi mladou dvojicou a starším rodinným priateľom... Nesmelý, zakríknutý študent sa vášnivo zaľúbi do učiteľky a chystá jej i sebe prekrásnu budúcnosť...kým jej manžel po nej zúfalo pátra.