{"product_id":"aside-from-my-heart-all-is-well","title":"Aside From My Heart, All Is Well","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis Biggest Book Since Oblivion, Hctor AbadS Humane Voice Buoys The Spirit And Reminds Us Of The Value Of Human Connection And The Power Of Art.Mr. AbadS Prose Is Elastic And Alive . . . [His Writing] Is Extravagantly BigHearted. Dwight Garner On Oblivion, The New York Timesluis Cordba, Also Known As Gordo, Leads An Unconventional Life. His Vocation As A Priest Has Not Stopped Him From Becoming A Film Critic, Teacher, Opera Enthusiast, And Passionate Nibbler Of Chocolate And Pepperoni. He Lives In His Childhood Home In Downtown Medelln With Another Priest, Aurelio Snchez, Or Lelo, Among A Slew Of Pets (WarMongering Fish, A Toucan, And Parakeets ArenT The Half Of It). It Is Lelo Who Shades In These Details, Writing Across Time To The Day In 1996 When Life Changed. At Fifty, Gordo Learns He Needs A Heart Transplant. He Is Forbidden From Climbing Stairs, And So He Moves Into A Different Neighborhood With A Friend, Her Housekeeper, And Their Children. With The Briskness Of Sunshine Drying Out Wet Clothes, And Air Rushing Through And Renewing Old Places, Lelo Reflects On GordoS New Era Of Thinking And Feeling.Luis Cordba Is Inspired By The Life Of The Priest And Film Critic Luis Alberto Alvarez, A Friend Of Hctor AbadS, And An Important Figure In Colombian Cultural Spheres. To Keep Aside From My Heart, All Is Well From Becoming A Biography, Abad Drew On A Range Of Sources To Conjure Up Cordba, A Person Who Both Is And Is Not Alberto Alvarez.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957899903221,"sku":"DADAX1962770591","price":40.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71FPblSA1pL.jpg?v=1775559366","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/aside-from-my-heart-all-is-well","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}