Aside from my heart, all is well / Héctor Abad ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abad Faciolince, Héctor Joaquín, author.

Contributor:

McLean, Anne, 1962- translator.

Standardized Title:

Salvo mi corazón, todo está bien. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Priests--Fiction.

Priests.

Priests--Colombia--Fiction.

Heart--Diseases--Fiction.

Heart.

Health--Fiction.

Health.

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Genre:

Spanish language materials.

Novels.

Physical Description:

359 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First Archipelago Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2026.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

"Luis Cordóba leads an unconventional life. His vocation as a priest has not stopped him from becoming a film critic, teacher, and opera enthusiast. He lives in his childhood home in downtown Medellín with his fellow priest, Aurelio Sánchez, among an array of pets (a war-mongering fish, a toucan). It is Aurelio who details Luis'' life, writing across time to a day in 1996 when his friend's life changed. At fifty, Luis learns he heeds a heart transplant. Forbidden from climbing stairs, he moves into a makeshift household with a friend, her housekeeper, and their children. Aurelio's digressions, anecdotes, and confessions feel like a whispered phone call between friends. With the briskness of sunshine and mountain air drying out wet clothes, Aurelio reflects on Luis' new era of thinking and feeling, sketching a portrait of a luminous human being"--Front jacket flap.

ISBN:

1962770591

9781962770590

OCLC:

1529604514