A Long Way Gone

The True Story of a Child Soldier

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<p>The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy.</p><p>'My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life.<br><br>"Why did you leave Sierra Leone?"<br><br>"Because there is a war."<br><br>"You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?"<br><br>"Yes, all the time."<br><br>"Cool."<br><br>I smile a little.<br><br>"You should tell us about it sometime."<br><br>"Yes, sometime."'</p><p>This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. There are more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide and it is estimated there are some 300,000 child soldiers fighting. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.</p><p>What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found he was capable of truly terrible acts.</p><p>This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780007247097

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 128 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Verlag / Hersteller

HarperCollins Publishers