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Oblivion: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374533939)
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xNow the basis for the acclaimed film Memories of My Father, directed by Fernando Trueba.
"An irreplaceable testimony of the struggle for democracy and tolerance in Latin America." --El Pa﨎H馗tor Abad's Oblivion is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written memorial to the author's father, H馗tor Abad Gez, 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: H馗tor Abad
ISBN-10: 0374533938
ISBN-13: 9780374533939
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
By H馗tor Abad
xH馗tor Abad is one of Colombia's leading writers. Born in 1958, he grew up in Medell匤, 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.
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