Oblivion: A Memoir

Author: Hector Abad

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Price : 32.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780374533939
Publisher : Farrar Straus Giroux
Imprint : Farrar Straus Giroux
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Weight (g) : 0.249
Publication date : 01 May 2013
Dimensions : 201mm X 132mm X 18mm
Produced in : United States
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"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"--

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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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