A Long Way Gone — Ishmael Beah

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 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 This is a rare and mesmerizing account told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty Yayınevi HARPER COLLINS Yazar ISHMAEL BEAH Dil İNGİLİZCE Sayfa Sayısı 356 SAYFA Yıl 2021