When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier's Story

By Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez

Book Overview

When Rains Became Floods is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavil n S nchez, 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. Gavil n S nchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822358514
• ISBN13: 9780822358510
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.1"