How I killed my father

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Sara Jaramillo Klinkert delves into her deepest memories and bravely seeks to confront her fears and ghosts, using writing to try to detach herself from the pain. In delicate language, she tells us the terrible impact of the assassination of her father by a hired killer when she was eleven years old.

In "How I Killed My Father," the author employs a candid, autobiographical style that will shock and touch the reader from the very first line. It's not just about pain and abandonment and how a person copes with them in every possible way; it's also about the image of the father, mother, brother, and family as a whole, and about many things one might think they know, but don't truly know.

Sara Jaramillo Klinkert (Medellín, 1979): She has worked in journalism with most of the major Colombian media outlets and holds a master's degree in narrative art from the School of Writers in Madrid. "How I Killed My Father?" is her debut novel, published in 2020.