The Violet Hour - Sergio Del Molino

Winner of the Premio Ojo Crìtico and Premio Tigre Juan,The Violet Houris the celebration of a life cut short. A deeply moving memoir that shows us the inner life of a man confronted with his own limitations.

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.

Sergio del Molinois a Spanish writer and journalist who lives in Zaragoza. He has worked for almost ten years as a reporter in theHeraldo de Aragón, where he writes a Sunday column.