Beyond Love [Hardcover]

Dominique Lapierre (Author), Kathryn Spink (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1991

The author of the bestselling The City of Joy presents the tender, inspiring adventure of the scientists, doctors, nurses, victims, and Sisters of Mother Teresa who are battling against the dread epidemic of AIDS. LG Featured Alternate.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

With his customary flair for high drama, trenchant characterizations and journalistic savvy, French author Lapierre ( City of Joy ) tells the story of the global battle against the AIDS epidemic as no one has told it before. In this extraordinary, deeply moving book, Mother Theresa's work supervising New York City's first hospice for AIDS victims provides the spiritual anchor of a narrative that hops from Calcutta to Paris's Pasteur Institute to Atlanta's Center for Disease Control, where microbe hunters struggle to overcome an "artful and discreet" adversary, the AIDS virus. Lapierre interweaves dozens of personal dramas as he records researchers' frantic efforts, patients' mental anguish and the odyssey of Sister Ananda, former Indian leper who went on to heroic efforts in caring for persons with AIDS. 100,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo; first serial to Vanity Fair; Literary Guild featured alternate; author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The AIDS epidemic is well into its second decade, and with it comes a growing body of "AIDS literature." Inspired in part by the opening of an AIDS hospice in Manhattan in early 1986 by Mother Teresa, Lapierre, author of The City of Joy ( LJ 11/1/85), chronicles the early rush in the 1980s to identify the AIDS virus and the attempt to help those afflicted with the disease. The protagonists of this story are many, ranging from French scientists to Indian nuns to American hospital workers to the early victims who participated in various experiments that led to the use of AZT. Reminiscent of Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On ( LJ 11/15/87) in its broad sweep, sense of drama, and cast of memorable characters, the book, however, avoids Shilts's partisanship and, in striving to be fair, risks sounding tepid at times. But Lapierre is a master storyteller who has found a subject worthy of his skills and creates a compelling work. An essential acquisition for all nonfiction collections with a general readership. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/90; see also Robert Gallo's Virus Hunting , reviewed above and Robert M. Wachter's The Fragile Coalition , reviewed below.--Ed.
- Richard Drezen, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Lib., New York
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition (March 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446514381
• ISBN-13: 978-0446514385
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #975,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking...even after all these years., July 14, 2000

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Karen Pok (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Love (Paperback)

I must have read this book 4-5 years ago. And it left such an impression that after all these years...I realise that I have to reread the book and write this review. For everyone who have read ths review, my advice is to read the book, I will not give away the suspense. But the interactions of the characters, the emotions protrayed and the reality of it all will definitely strike a chord in everybody's hearts. For once, I am so disappointed that the book is out of print, because, it should be shared by all readers young and old. It not only opens your mind, it makes you see things in a perspective you never knew existed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More relevant than ever, October 13, 2008

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Emilio GT "Emilio GT" (La Jolla, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Love (Hardcover)

This book relates the story of how the life and work of two Nobel Prize winners in different fields (the 2008 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Luc Montagnier, who first identified the AIDS virus, and 1979 Noble Price in Peace winner, Mother Teresa who established the first hospice for AIDS patients in the U.S. in South Bronx, NY.) and many other smart and kind people, work together to address the suffering that AIDS brings, and the work of the scientific community to stop the spread of AIDS and try to find a cure.

This books reflects many of the best and worst attributes of Mankind, and is an incredibly interesting read.

This is one of the best books you will ever read

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A global look at how individuals impact each other., December 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond Love (Paperback)

My father gave me a copy oth this book about six year ago. I was captivated by the way individuals around the world had a positive impact on each other. i am thinking of the young priest who was gravely injured, but found that he could connect to others through praying for them. The work of Mother Theresas sisters, the scientists studying AIDS, it was truly a human mosaic. The intertwining of people who may never have met! Truly, "No man is an island."