Description
An irreplaceable testimony of the struggle for democracy and tolerance in Latin America. --El Pa s
H ctor Abad's Oblivion is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written memorial to the author's father, H ctor Abad G mez, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his murder by paramilitaries in 1987. Twenty years in the writing, it paints an unforgettable picture of a man who followed his conscience and paid for it with his life during one of the darkest periods in Latin America's recent history.
Author: Héctor Abad
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780374533939
ISBN10: 0374533938
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- History | Latin America | South America
About the Author
Héctor Abad is one of Colombia's leading writers. Born in 1958, he grew up in Medellín, where he studied medicine, philosophy, and journalism. After being expelled from university for writing a defamatory text against the Pope, he moved to Italy before returning to his homeland in 1987.