Oblivion

A Colombian Memoir. 'Oblivion' is a heart-rending but never sentimental memorial to the author's father, Hector Abad Gomez, a left-wing activist who was murdered by paramilitaries in 1987. Twenty years in the writing, it paints an unforgettable picture of a man who followed his conscience and paid f [...]
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A Colombian Memoir. 'Oblivion' is a heart-rending but never sentimental memorial to the author's father, Hector Abad Gomez, a left-wing activist who was murdered 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. 'Oblivion' has been translated into fifteen languages. It topped the bestseller lists in Colombia for months, and has won the country's most prestigious literary prizes. It is an extraordinarily powerful, elegant and moving story.