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A Child Soldier's Story
Translated by Margaret Randall & Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez
"If [Lurgio] Gavilán Sánchez’s autobiography had not been written with such austerity and modesty, the atrocities to which he was witness and perhaps complicit, would not be believable. . . . On every page, this book betrays a sensitive
spirit, who did not lose his reason even in those moments of extreme political exaltation. Nor did he stop questioning what he was doing and lose himself to a destructive passion. In him, there is always a sense of a personal rejection of the suffering of
others, of the murderers, the reprisals, the executions and tortures, and, in moments, an overpowering sadness that threatens to destroy him. . . . It is a miracle that Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez survived this perilous adventure. But perhaps it is even more remarkable
that, after all of the horror he lived for so many years, he has managed to emerge pure of heart, without the dark cloud of bitterness, and has been able to give such persuasive and lucid testimony of a period that even today awakes great passions in Peru."—Mario
Vargas Llosa, El Pais (Madrid)
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.
Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico).
Margaret Randall is the author of dozens of books, including
Che On My Mind, also published by Duke University Press.
Duke University Press
April 2015 152pp 13 illustrations 9780822358510 PB £13.99 now only
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The Path to Peace
Edited by Jennifer Heath & Ashraf Zahedi
The first comprehensive look at youth living in a country attempting to rebuild itself after three decades of civil conflict,
Children of Afghanistan relies on the research and fieldwork of twenty-one experts to cover an incredible range of topics. Focusing on the full scope of childhood, from birth through young adulthood, this edited volume examines a myriad of issues: early
childhood socialization in war and peace; education, literacy, vocational training, and apprenticeship; refugee life; mental and physical health, including disabilities and nutrition; children’s songs, folktales, and art; sports and play; orphans; life on
the streets; child labor and children as family breadwinners; child soldiers and militarization; sexual exploitation; growing up in prison; marriage; family violence; and other issues vital to understanding, empowerment, and transformation.
Children of Afghanistan is the first volume that not only attempts to analyze the range of challenges facing Afghan children across class, gender, and region but also offers solutions to the problems they face. With nearly half
of the population under the age of fifteen, the future of the country no doubt lies with its children. Those who seek peace for the region must find solutions to the host of crises that have led the United Nations to call Afghanistan “the worst place on earth
to be born.” The authors of Children of Afghanistan provide child-centered solutions to rebuilding the country’s cultural, social, and economic institutions.
University of Texas Press
November 2014 388pp 13 b&w photos, 2 line drawings, 1 map 9780292759312 HB
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