El Olvido Que Seremos / Oblivion: A Memoir, Hardcover

El 25 de agosto de 1987 Hector Abad Gomez, medico y activista en pro de los derechos humanos, es asesinado en Medellin por los paramilitares.

El olvido que seremos es su biografia novelada, escrita por su propio hijo. Un relato desgarrador y emocionante sobre la familia, que refleja, al tiempo, el infierno de la violencia que ha golpeado Colombia en los ultimos cincuenta anos.

Esta novela de Hector Abad Faciolince ha sido ganadora del Premio WOLA-Duke en Derechos Humanos en Estados Unidos y del Premio Criacao Literaria Casa da America Latina de Portugal.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Hector Abad Faciolince's masterpiece, one of the fundamental books in contemporary Spanish-language literature.

On August 25, 1987, Hector Abad Gomez, doctor and human rights activist, is murdered by paramilitaries in Medellin.

Oblivion: A Memoir is his biographical novel, written by his own son. A heartrending, emotional tale about family which at the same time reflects the hellish violence that has buffeted Colombia for the last fifty years.

This novel by Hector Abad Faciolince has won the WOLA-Duke Book Award for Human Rights in the United States and the Casa da America Latina Literary Creation Prize in Portugal.