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9780917939013

Stories of Life and Death/Historias de Vida y Muerte

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  • ISBN13:

    9780917939013

  • ISBN10:

    0917939018

  • Edition: Bilingual
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-09-28
  • Publisher: Independent Pub Group
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Summary

Text in Spanish and English. These stories offer a rare and haunting glimpse of the fears, hopes, thoughts, and dreams of school children living in one of the western hemisphere's most violent and vibrant cultures. Featuring pieces written by students ranging from 10 to 16 years of age, this book presents a child's perspective on the standard of living in the poor Cazucá neighbourhood of the sprawling Bogota suburb Soacha. The stories are presented in their original Spanish and a carefully translated English that preserves the colloquial dialect, and are interspersed with black-and-white photographs of the writers in their neighbourhood. Proceeds from this publication will fund scholarships to enable these young writers to complete their high school education.

Author Biography

Alan Grostephan is the co-founder and director of the Creative Change Foundation which supports and operates these writing workshops in the shantytowns of Bogota. While living in one of the world's most dangerous places, he interacted with local schools and worked directly with the student writers. Alan graduated from the University of Wisconsin/Madison with a degree in Spanish, a minor in writing and a desire to teach children of poverty. Alan currently lives in San Francisco, California.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Foreword vi
Introduction vii
Acknowledgments xi
Who We Were and Who We Are
Quienes eramos y quienes somos
14(16)
Living and Dying Conditions
Condiciones de vida y muerte
30(20)
Night, Water and a Black Lagoon
La noche, el agua, y una laguna negra
50(18)
War in Colombia & War Abroad
La guerra en Colombia y la guerra en el exterior
68(4)
Fantasy & Illusion
Fantasia e ilusion
72(20)
Peace Dialogue
El dialogo de la paz
92(2)
Footnotes 94

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