A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
[ 2007-03-28 13:35 ]
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Author: Ishmael Beah
List Price:$22.00
Pages: 240
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374105235
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Ishmael Beah one of many African children, who were forced into local conflicts as boy Soldier. A Long Way Gone, is his riveting true life story. In this book about 12 year old wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence and fled attacking rebels by thirteen picking sides with government army. Beah, simple small village boy, found that he was capable of evil acts. Most of African wars are fought by children hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children are becoming soldiers of choice.
本書(shū)講述了來(lái)自非洲獅子山共和國(guó)的Bech，年僅12歲就被卷入塞拉利昂內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，親身經(jīng)歷了戰(zhàn)亂中的顛沛流離，在被軍方收養(yǎng)后，抬起機(jī)槍?zhuān)ど狭送谩Ｌ煺鏌o(wú)邪的兒童，一朝之間成了草菅人命的殺人機(jī)器。在荷槍實(shí)彈的恐怖生活中，前途與希望似乎已是不可能的奢求……
About Author
Ishmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen and graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. He is a member of Human Rights Watch Children's Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations on several occasions. He lives in New York City.
Ishmael Beah 17歲來(lái)到美國(guó)，2004年在奧柏林學(xué)院完成學(xué)業(yè)。畢業(yè)后，一直投身于保護(hù)兒童人權(quán)的事業(yè)中，現(xiàn)居住于紐約。
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