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September 2018

Voices from Latin America: A Reading & Conversation with HECTOR ABAD

September 17, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, 610 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Join us for a reading & conversation with Colombian author HECTOR ABAD, author of The Farm (Archipelago Books, 2018).  Pilar, Eva, and Antonio Ángel are the last heirs of La Oculta, a farm hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The land provides the setting for the siblings’ happiest memories, but it also reminds them of their struggle against the siege of violence and terror, restlessness and flight. In The Farm, Héctor Abad illuminates the vicissitudes of a family and a people, as well as…

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