{"product_id":"a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah","title":"A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life.\u003cbr\u003e\"Why did you leave Sierra Leone?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Because there is a war.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, all the time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Cool.\"\u003cbr\u003eI smile a little.\u003cbr\u003e\"You should tell us about it sometime.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, sometime.\"'\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIshmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen and graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. He is a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations on several occasions. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 249 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65912517460317,"sku":"K020113856","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2011385600001A.jpg?v=1789322476","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-long-way-gone-ishmael-beah","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}