Oscar’s grandfather, and the reason that the Cabral line is cursed, Abelard was a doctor and a scholar during the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. He was too cowardly to protest Trujillo’s dictatorship, but brave enough not to let Trujillo take his oldest daughter Jacquelyn. Either this affront to Trujillo’s pride, or a secret book about the evil supernatural roots of Trujillo’s rise to power, brought Abelard to the attention of the Trujillato and led to his imprisonment and death. He was never able to meet his third daughter, Beli, but Abelard’s legacy lives on in Oscar and his interest in writing.
Abelard Cabral Quotes in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Book 2, Chapter 5
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The only answer I can give you is the least satisfying: you'll have to decide for yourself. What's certain is that nothing’s certain. We are trawling in silences here.
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Abelard Cabral Quotes in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Book 2, Chapter 5
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The only answer I can give you is the least satisfying: you'll have to decide for yourself. What's certain is that nothing’s certain. We are trawling in silences here.
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