El 25 de agosto de 1987 H ctor Abad G mez, m dico y activista en pro de los derechos humanos, es asesinado en Medell n por los paramilitares.

El olvido que seremos es su biograf a novelada, escrita por su propio hijo. Un relato desgarrador y emocionante sobre la familia, que refleja, al tiempo, el infierno de la violencia que ha golpeado Colombia en los ltimos cincuenta a os.

Esta novela de H ctor Abad Faciolince ha sido ganadora del Premio WOLA-Duke en Derechos Humanos en Estados Unidos y del Pr mio Cria ao Liter ria Casa da America Latina de Portugal.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

H ctor Abad Faciolince's masterpiece, one of the fundamental books in contemporary Spanish-language literature.

On August 25, 1987, H ctor Abad G mez, doctor and human rights activist, is murdered by paramilitaries in Medell n.

Oblivion: A Memoir is his biographical novel, written by his own son. A heartrending, emotional tale about family which at the same time reflects the hellish violence that has buffeted Colombia for the last fifty years.

This novel by H ctor Abad Faciolince has won the WOLA-Duke Book Award for Human Rights in the United States and the Casa da America Latina Literary Creation Prize in Portugal.