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.
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. In the Ranks of Shining Path
- 2. At the Military Base
- 3. Time in the Franciscan Convent
- 4. I Return to the Countryside of Ayacucho
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Translator’s Note and Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y