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I heard this as an audiobook read by the author. Very powerful! heartbreaking
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I am glad to see more being written on this topic. I find myself much more interested in world affairs these days, and in African affairs in particular. The law doesn't exist where Beah lived. People feel the need to run away from everything they've ever owned or known at a moment's notice - including their families. It's the most dog-eat-dog part of the world you can imagine.
I did wish for a bit more context in the story. I gather that it was a conscious decision on Beah's part to keep everything very simple, since the matter of survival in the wilderness during wartime does distill to its essentials. When he was a boy there was no understanding the whys and wherefores of the conflict, only that it existed. I found the simplicity of the story creating a distance instead of drawing me in.
I did wish for a bit more context in the story. I gather that it was a conscious decision on Beah's part to keep everything very simple, since the matter of survival in the wilderness during wartime does distill to its essentials. When he was a boy there was no understanding the whys and wherefores of the conflict, only that it existed. I found the simplicity of the story creating a distance instead of drawing me in.
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Was forced to read for school.
What a good memoir, shocking. I was oblivious about what went on in Sierra Leone when I was in my 20s. An emotional read, well done.
I don't think I can put it any better than this:
"[book: A Long Way Gone] is one of the most important war stories of our generation. The arming of children is among the reatest evils of the modern world, and yet we know so litle about it because the children themselves are swallowed up by the very wars they are forced to wage. Ishmael Beah as not only emerged intact from this chaos, he has become one of its most eloquent chroniclers. We ignore his message at our peril."
-[author: Sebastian Junger], author
You must read this book!
"[book: A Long Way Gone] is one of the most important war stories of our generation. The arming of children is among the reatest evils of the modern world, and yet we know so litle about it because the children themselves are swallowed up by the very wars they are forced to wage. Ishmael Beah as not only emerged intact from this chaos, he has become one of its most eloquent chroniclers. We ignore his message at our peril."
-[author: Sebastian Junger], author
You must read this book!
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emotional
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