The Other Side of the Mountain [Hardcover]

Michel Bernanos (Author), Elaine P. Halperin (Translator)

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 107 pages
• Publisher: Cherokee Pub (September 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877971803
• ISBN-13: 978-0877971801
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,810,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling spiritual nightmare, August 24, 2000

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This review is from: The Other Side of the Mountain (Hardcover)

I first read this book as a teenager over 30 years ago, and it has remained with me ever since, always disturbing, always demanding to be examined more deeply. When I found a paperback copy at a used book sale two years ago, I found that my memories had not played me false - if anything, it was even more troubling now that I was old enough to better comprehend it. Is the author describing life as Hell or Purgatory? I waver between the two, even as the book's grotesque images appear in my mind, appalling but powerful. Well worth reading ... but be prepared to be haunted afterward.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and Moving, May 14, 1999

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This review is from: The Other Side of the Mountain (Hardcover)

This is one of the eeriest and most moving books I've ever read. The author recounts his experience on a merchant vessel that is becalmed and then wrecked. The voyage is obviously an allegory of life and Bernanos probes some of its darkest corners. The jacket notes describe the tale as a descent into madness and a voyage into hell and both of those descriptions are apt. I particularly enjoyed the friendship of the old cook with the author even as their end approached. This is one of the rare books that left me wishing I could have met the author.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer Brilliance, March 8, 1998

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This review is from: The Other Side of the Mountain (Hardcover)

The Other Side of the Mountain was one of the scariest books I have ever read in my life. It is part horror and part fantasy and part sci fi. The story is so interesting but so short. Too bad the auther is dead. The ending of the book is so--so unusual.