Full Description
When Peruvian public intellectual JosÉ Carlos AgÜero was a child, the government imprisoned and executed his parents, who were members of Shining Path. In The Surrendered-originally published in Spanish in 2015 and appearing here in English for the first time-AgÜero reflects on his parents' militancy and the violence and aftermath of Peru's internal armed conflict. He examines his parents' radicalization, their lives as guerrillas, and his tumultuous childhood, which was spent in fear of being captured or killed, while grappling with the complexities of public memory, ethics and responsibility, human rights, and reconciliation. Much more than a memoir, The Surrendered is a disarming and moving consideration of what forgiveness and justice might mean in the face of hate. This edition includes an editors' introduction, a timeline of the Peruvian conflict, and an extensive interview with the author.
Contents
Glossary ix
Timeline xi
Editors' Introduction / Michael J. Lazzara and Charles F. Walker 1
Acknowledgments 19
About These Texts 20
Part I. Stigma 24
Part II. Guilt 41
Part III. Ancestors 58
Part IV. Accomplices 65
Part V. Victims 80
Part VI. The Surrendered 96
A Conversation with JosÉ Carlos AgÜero / Michael J. Lazzara and Charles F. Walker 108
Bibliography 131
Index 137
