When rains became floods : a child soldier's story / Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez ; with the collaboration of Yerko Castro Neira ; foreword by Carlos Iván Degregori ; introduction by Orin Starn ; translated by Margaret Randall.
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...
| Uniform Title: | Memorias de un soldado desconocido.
English Duke University Press Books. Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. |
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| Language: | English |
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Spanish |
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Translated from the Spanish. |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Duke University Press Books.
Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 128 pages) : map, photographs. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Summary: |
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. |
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| Call Number: | F3448.7.G39 A313 2015 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822371441 0822371448 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/9780822371441 |
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Description based on print version record. |