by Erich Hackl · Diogenes Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257229264
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«Sara und Simon. Eine endlose Geschichte» is the novel by Erich Hackl, published by Diogenes Verlag in paperback (198 pages, in German).
The novel is based on the detention of Uruguayan Sara Méndez by agents of her country in Buenos Aires in 1976, during the Dirty War: after being tortured and imprisoned, her son Simón is kidnapped. After being released, Sara collaborates with the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo in the search for the child.
This book belongs to the Diogenes Taschenbuch collection (volume 22926). It was originally published in 1995; this edition is from 1997.
It will interest those seeking novels based on real events about the Southern Cone dictatorships and human rights.
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.
