The violet hour

Molino, Sergio del

Premio Ojo Crítico y Premio Tigre Juan, 2014

"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 spouse's dead eyes are widows and widowers. But we, the parents who sign the documents authorizing our children's funerals, we have no name, no civil status. We remain parents forever."
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.