Carolina Escallón
EL OLVIDO QUE SEREMOS
Background
There is a saying: You never know what you have until you lose it, and this novel is true example for it. Like a way to rebuilt the figure of a father, like a (homenage) of the son towards the figure that inspire him in his life, and a way to show the violence lived in Colombia from a few decades ago Hector Abad Faciolince presents us “El olvido que seremos.”
A book that is very close to his biography and other stories, he tells the story of the author from the father figure. A story that at the same time is the history of a country debated between the political ideas, where the right and the left are confused in the paramilitaries, the guerrilla and the drug cartels are inside the government.
With a beautiful family of four daughters and a son, the female presence was a dominant factor in their homes, despite the machismo that dominated at that time. In liberal thought deeply, Hector Abad had a very particular way of handling their lives and their homes, a situation that make the other people uncomfortable, but that does not invalidate any other field.
But it was this way of thinking and his vocation of service to the needy than they Tache him as a revolutionary communist very dangerous for the interests of the church and government. Abad always fight for their ideals no matter how many enemies have.
Main points of plot
In August of 1987, his father one epidemiologist doctor, Hector Abbot Gómez, was murdered by hands of the paramilitary army. The life of young Hector was seen deeply marked. The story of his life next to its family in Medellín, the loving memory of the father and the tragic death of his baby sister, are important threads inside these memories that carry implicit in it, the testimony of the history of heart wrenching violence that has lived in the last forty years in Colombia. The doctor Hector Abbot Gómez was a faithful defender of the human rights, promoted ideas of improvement on public health and the basic systems of hygiene.
General comments
In November of 2006, when this book was released to the market, immediately became the most widely read of the year in Colombia. This book is full of smiles and bitterness, generates pleasure of living but also shows the great feeling of sadness and anger that leads to murder and cruel as strong as this beautiful character, which is none other than the author's father.
Recommendations
It's a pretty interesting book for young readers and adults. Thousands of Colombians, directly or indirectly feel identified with this story. It's sentimental, a little tragic and shows the cruel reality of Colombia.
EL OLVIDO QUE SEREMOS
Background
There is a saying: You never know what you have until you lose it, and this novel is true example for it. Like a way to rebuilt the figure of a father, like a (homenage) of the son towards the figure that inspire him in his life, and a way to show the violence lived in Colombia from a few decades ago Hector Abad Faciolince presents us “El olvido que seremos.”
A book that is very close to his biography and other stories, he tells the story of the author from the father figure. A story that at the same time is the history of a country debated between the political ideas, where the right and the left are confused in the paramilitaries, the guerrilla and the drug cartels are inside the government.
With a beautiful family of four daughters and a son, the female presence was a dominant factor in their homes, despite the machismo that dominated at that time. In liberal thought deeply, Hector Abad had a very particular way of handling their lives and their homes, a situation that make the other people uncomfortable, but that does not invalidate any other field.
But it was this way of thinking and his vocation of service to the needy than they Tache him as a revolutionary communist very dangerous for the interests of the church and government. Abad always fight for their ideals no matter how many enemies have.
Main points of plot
In August of 1987, his father one epidemiologist doctor, Hector Abbot Gómez, was murdered by hands of the paramilitary army. The life of young Hector was seen deeply marked. The story of his life next to its family in Medellín, the loving memory of the father and the tragic death of his baby sister, are important threads inside these memories that carry implicit in it, the testimony of the history of heart wrenching violence that has lived in the last forty years in Colombia. The doctor Hector Abbot Gómez was a faithful defender of the human rights, promoted ideas of improvement on public health and the basic systems of hygiene.
General comments
In November of 2006, when this book was released to the market, immediately became the most widely read of the year in Colombia. This book is full of smiles and bitterness, generates pleasure of living but also shows the great feeling of sadness and anger that leads to murder and cruel as strong as this beautiful character, which is none other than the author's father.
Recommendations
It's a pretty interesting book for young readers and adults. Thousands of Colombians, directly or indirectly feel identified with this story. It's sentimental, a little tragic and shows the cruel reality of Colombia.
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