by Hernando Calvo Ospina · Graffic - Bruno Leprince · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782364880467
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«Tais-toi et respire !» is the autobiographical account by Hernando Calvo Ospina, published by Graffic - Bruno Leprince in paperback (252 pages, in French).
In 1985, amid Febres Cordero's repression in Ecuador, Colombian student Hernando is kidnapped and tortured by the military. After twelve days missing, he spends three months in Quito prison with transvestites, kidnap victims and other inmates, amid friendship and escape plans. He tells it with humour and optimism.
The work's subtitle is «Torture, prison et bras d'honneur»; it was published in 2013. The author, Colombian, is a journalist and political refugee in France.
For readers interested in Latin American political repression and real survival testimonies told with humour.
