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Héctor Abad - Oblivion

A tribute to the author's late father, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his brutal murder by paramilitaries in 1987.

The Colombian novelist and journalist Héctor Abad discusses his memoir Oblivion, a heart-breaking tribute to his late father. Héctor Abad Gómez was a medical doctor, professor and human rights campaigner in the city of Medellín, Colombia, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his brutal murder by paramilitaries in 1987. One of the most exquisitely written accounts of profound love between a father and son in modern literature, Oblivion paints a picture of a remarkable man who followed his conscience and paid for it with his life during one of the darkest periods in Latin America’s recent history.

Presented by Harriet Gilbert

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50 minutes

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Wed 9 Oct 2019 23:06GMT

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  • Sun 6 Oct 2019 02:06GMT
  • Sun 6 Oct 2019 13:06GMT
  • Wed 9 Oct 2019 08:06GMT
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