Al Otro Lado - Softcover

Canetti, Yanitzia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8432247855 ISBN 13: 9788432247859

Publisher: Seix Barral, 1997

Synopsis

"Al otro lado" [On the Other Side]
On an island in the Caribbean (could it be Cuba?) live our daily evils. Fear, luxury, sins, confessions are on one side; lovers, prostitutes, homosexuals, victims, and the victimized are on the other. Inside the confessional, only a priest, a woman, and God know what goes on. Then loneliness, death, another country...

This is a book in which eroticism reaches its highest level of expression, a book of inconfessable confessions that questions sin and draws a shaky line between good and evil, as a priest who is much too young listens to a woman who is much too scared. It is a book of orgies and seductions, where a woman explores, through the body, the labyrinths of the soul, and where prostitutes, crooks, murderers, transvestites, innocents, homosexuals, and lovers join in a sometimes frenzied, sometimes tender dance.

"Al otro lado" is a book unanimously celebrated by critics. Through impeccable prose, the protagonist lives a strange and intense relationship with her confessor. It all takes place in a ghostly church that bleeds or sheds tears, in which Christians and non-believers occupy the same space. "Al otro lado" is a temple of sensations: games of words, games of the flesh, games of life and death. This is, without doubt, one of the most revealing books of contemporary Hispanic literature.

About this title

From the Publisher:

New bestseller on life after death.

About the Author:

Yanitzia Canetti (Havana, 1967), is an author, writer, editor, and translator with a Bachelor's in Journalism, a Master's in Linguistics, and a Ph.D. in Literature. She has published over 30 books in various genres, including novels, poetry, short stories, theatre and children's literature. She has written fiction and nonfiction series, teachers' guides, student editions, ancillaries and other educational materials for the bilingual educational system. She has also written over 2,000 specialized articles, catalogues, and literary reviews for newspapers and magazines in the United States, Cuba, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and other countries.

Fluent in Spanish, Italian and English, she has translated over 100 books, principally for young readers. Her translations include several English literature classics.

She has participated in 15 national and international photography exhibitions in Mexico, Italy, Spain and Denmark. Her work is included in the permanent collections of various galleries of the world. Yanitzia has received many awards for her work, including the National Literature Award (Ministry of Education, Cuba) 1984, 1985, 1986; the White Rose Literature Award (Best Literature of the Year, Cuba) 1994; Honorable Mention (National Association of Hispanic Publications, California) 1997.

At present, Yanitzia lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and works as an editorial director and literary assessor. Her most recent publications include: "novelita Rosa" [Through Rose-Colored Lenses] (Versal, 1997), "Al otro lado" [On the Other Side] (Seix Barral, 1998; Planeta de Agostini, 2000), "Completamente diferente" [Completely Different] (Everest, 2000) and "Doña Flautina Resuelvelotodo" [Miss Flautina Fixit] (Edebé, 2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Seix Barral
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 8432247855
• ISBN 13: 9788432247859
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253