Title: When rains became floods
Description: 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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Child soldiers, Quechua Indians, Political violence, Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group), Biography, History, Soldiers, Peru, biography, Indians of south america, biography, Peru, politics and government
Places: Peru
People: Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez
Time periods: 20th century, 1980-