When Rains Became Floods

Autorentext

Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez

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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.

Zusammenfassung
When Rains Became Floods is the stunning autobiography of Lurgio Gavilan Sanchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military during the Peruvian Civil War. After escaping the war, he became a Franciscan priest.

Inhalt

Foreword. Surviving the Flood: The Multiple Lives of Lurgio Gavilán / Carlos Iván Degregori ix
Introduction / Orin Starn xiii

1. In the Ranks of the Shining Path 1
2. At the Military Base 41
3. Time in the Franciscan Convent 67
4. I Return to the Countryside of Ayacucho 87
   Glossary 99
   Acknowledgments 103
   Translator's Note and Acknowledgments 105
   Notes 107
   Index 121