Oblivion: A Memoir - Héctor Abad Faciolince (Pre-loved)

"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 moving account of family, which simultaneously reflects the hell of violence that has plagued Colombia for the last 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 deceased father: turn him into someone as alive and as real as a fictional character." - Héctor Abad Faciolince.

ISBN: 9786073162616