Oblivion: A Memoir - Héctor Abad Faciolince

"Héctor Abad has written a tragic and unforgettable story." - J. M. Coetzee

On August 25, 1987, Héctor Abad Gómez, a Colombian doctor and human rights activist, was assassinated in Medellín. This book is his fictionalized biography, written by his own son. A heartbreaking and emotional account of family, it also reflects the hellish violence that has plagued Colombia for the past fifty years.

"As a child, I wanted something impossible: for my father never to die. As a writer, I wanted to do something equally impossible: for my father to be resurrected. If there are fictional characters—made of words—who will always be alive, isn't it possible for a real person to remain alive if we turn them into words? That's what I wanted to do with my dead father: turn him into someone as alive and real as a fictional character." - Héctor Abad Faciolince.

ISBN: 9786073162616