by Erich Hackl · Diogenes · tapa dura · ISBN 9783257060331
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«Sara und Simón» is the novel by Austrian writer Erich Hackl, published by Diogenes in hardcover (198 pages, in German).
It recounts the search of a Uruguayan mother trying to locate her son, kidnapped during the military dictatorship in Uruguay. The plot combines personal memory and political repression, and delves into loss, the fight for justice, and the impact of state terror.
It bears the subtitle «Eine endlose Geschichte» and was originally published in 1995.
For readers interested in historical memory and the effects of political repression in Latin America.
Erich Hackl is an Austrian novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into 25 languages though he is significantly better known in the German-speaking world. Many of his works, notably Sara und Simón, bear resemblance to Latin-American testimonial literature, and as such have been the focus of scholarly research by Latin Americanists.
