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When rains became floods : a child soldier's story
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Gavilán Sánchez Lurgio ; Castro Neira Yerko ; Degregori Carlos Iván (1945-2011) ; Starn Orin ; Randall Margaret ;
- Editeurs : Durham London Duke university press ;
- Date d'édition : 2015, cop. 2015
- ISBN : 978-0-8223-5842-8, 978-0-8223-5851-0
- Sujets : Enfants soldats, Quechua (Indiens), Peru -- Politics and government -- 1980, Gavilán Sánchez, Lurgio -- Biographies, Sendero luminoso
- Langue(s) : Anglais, Espagnol, castillan
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXIII-128 p.), : Ill., carte, couv. ill. en coul., 22 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis, Royaume-Uni
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Latin America in translation
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Résumé
When Rains Became Floods is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilan Sanchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilan Sanchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love