When Rains Became Floods
A Child Soldier's Story
Nonfiction, History, Americas, South America, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez | ISBN: | 9780822371441 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press | Publication: | August 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Duke University Press Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez |
| ISBN: | 9780822371441 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Publication: | August 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Duke University Press Books |
| Language: | English |
When Rains Became Floods is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love.
When Rains Became Floods is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love.
