Outra visión da historia de Aurora Rodríguez Carballeira e a súa filla Hildegart. O autor non profundiza moito en ningunha faceta de todo o suceso nin nas personalidades de ambas mulleres. Pero é un bo resumo do suceso. ( )

Aurora’s Anlaß is the first novel by Erich Hackl. It was translated as Aurora’s Motive and is based on the actual lives of Aurora Rodríguez and her daughter Hildegart Rodríguez..

Plot:
One day, Aurora Rodríguez gets up in the morning, takes a gun and shoots her teenaged daughter Hildegart with whom she has always been close. Then she goes to the police to confess. Aurora brought up Hildegart on her own, and she worked extremely hard to groom her into a feminist, critical thinker and political leader – and Hildegart was a highly gifted girl who showed every promise to fufill her mother’s dream. So what could have possibly led her to do what she did?

With Auroras Anlaß, Hackl combines historical research with literary writing and a dash of journalism, telling a fascinating (true) story in an extremely intriguing way.

Read more on my blog: https://kalafudra.com/2016/10/22/auroras-anlas-auroras-motive-erich-hackl/ ( )

A short but fascinating tale of a long-ago murder. Hackl has the ability to suck you into his world, and the characters in this true story are impossible not to be interested in. Hildegart Rodriguez Carballeira was a child prodigy, fluent in six languages, a law school graduate at 17, and very active in the sexual revolution and the socialist movement, producing a prodigious output of articles and corresponding with great minds of the day, including H.G. Wells. Who knows how far she may have gone if her mother hadn't killed her when she was seventeen. Reading this book made me want to learn more about these two extraordinary women. A very good piece of creative non-fiction. ( )