The Violet Hour

Resumen del libro

'This book is a dictionary with a single entry. It is the search for a word that does not exist in my language'the word for a parent who has watched his child die. Children who lose their parents are orphans, and those who have to close their spouses dead eyes are widows and widowers. But we, the parents who sign the documents authorizing our childrens funerals, we have no name, no civil status. We remain parents forever.'

Winner of the Premio Ojo Crítico and the Premio Tigre Juan in 2014, The Violet Hour is the celebration of a life cut short. After his son Pablo dies before his second birthday from a rare and aggressive form of infant leukemia, the author writes this poignant account of unending love and hope. A deeply moving memoir that shows us the inner life of a man confronted with his own limitations.

Biografía del autor

Sergio del Molino (Madrid, 1979), autor de "La España vacía" (2016), quizá el ensayo más influyente de las últimas décadas en español, es columnista de "El País", colaborador de Onda Cero, y ha escrito, entre otras obras, los ensayos "La piel" (2020) o "Un tal González" (2020), y las novelas "La hora violeta" (2013), "La mirada de los peces" (2017) y "Los alemanes", por la que ganó el premio Alfaguara en 2024.