Under the Sour Sun: Hunger through the Eyes of a Child - Couverture souple

Rodriguez Campos, Elmer Hernan

 
9780990959304: Under the Sour Sun: Hunger through the Eyes of a Child
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ISBN 10 : 0990959309 ISBN 13 : 9780990959304
Editeur : Live Solidarity Media, 2014

Synopsis

Elmer Hernan Rodriguez Campos offers a peek into a childhood shared by thousands of children born in Central America: marked by hunger, poverty, discrimination, and war. A fantastic storyteller, Elmer recounts his own memories of the place he calls La Costra, ("the Scab"), a municipal dump at the edge of San Salvador, and his home for the first twelve years of his life, from 1969-1981. He and his older brothers find ways to defy their daily hunger and strife with creativity, humor, and great resilience. Elmer works to understand his generational poverty and the internal and external forces that keep his family downtrodden. As if these troubles were not enough, dead bodies begin to appear in the dump and Elmer's family must struggle to survive a brutal civil war. Readers begin to see life through the eyes of a starving child who is trying to find his place in a world that always seems to be against him. Elmer's description of real hunger and poverty offers incredible insights to those of us who take our basic needs for granted. His challenging observations are intertwined with the innocence of a child who dreams of a different world.

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Elmer Hernan Rodriguez Campos offers a peek into a childhood shared by thousands of children born in Central America: marked by hunger, poverty, discrimination, and war. A fantastic storyteller, Elmer recounts his own memories of the place he calls La Costra, ("the Scab"), a municipal dump at the edge of San Salvador, and his home for the first twelve years of his life, from 1969-1981. He and his older brothers find ways to defy their daily hunger and strife with creativity, humor, and great resilience. Elmer works to understand his generational poverty and the internal and external forces that keep his family downtrodden. As if these troubles were not enough, dead bodies begin to appear in the dump and Elmer's family must struggle to survive a brutal civil war. Readers begin to see life through the eyes of a starving child who is trying to find his place in a world that always seems to be against him. Elmer's description of real hunger and poverty offers incredible insights to those of us who take our basic needs for granted. His challenging observations are intertwined with the innocence of a child who dreams of a different world.

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Éditeur
Live Solidarity Media
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0990959309
ISBN 13 
9780990959304
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
106
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780990959311: Under the Sour Sun: Hunger through the Eyes of a Child

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0990959317 ISBN 13 :  9780990959311
Editeur : Live Solidarity Media, 2015
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