Oblivion: A Memoir
Author(s): Hector Abad
"An account of the author's father: a Colombian doctor who fought against oppression and social inequality and who was murdered by paramilitaries in 1987"--
Product Information
Hector Abad is one of Colombia's leading writers. Born in 1958, he grew up in Medellin, 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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- : Farrar Straus Giroux
- : Farrar Straus Giroux
- : 0.249
- : 01 May 2013
- : 201mm X 132mm X 18mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Hector Abad
- : Paperback
- : B