{"product_id":"9780241405581-what-you-have-heard-is-true","title":"What You Have Heard Is True","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir of Witness and Resistance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing, powerful, so important at this time' \u003c\/b\u003e- Margaret Atwood (on Twitter)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riveting . intricate and surprising'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reading it will change you, perhaps forever' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying memoir set in the Salvadoran Civil War:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe true story of a young poet who becomes an activist through a trial by fire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Forché, an American poet, is 27 when a mysterious stranger called Leonel appears on her doorstep, having driven direct from El Salvador. Her friend has heard rumours about who he might be - a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a motorcycle racer, a revolutionary, a small coffee farmer - but nobody seems to know for certain. Captivated for reasons she doesn't fully understand, she accepts his invitation to visit and learn about his country, and so becomes enmeshed in the early stages of a brutal civil conflict which will ultimately see the Salvadoran state turn paramilitary death squads against its own people, and leave nearly 90,000 dead or disappeared. Leonel knows that war is coming, and he wants Carolyn - as a writer - to bear witness to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold across peasant shanties, protest marches, the grand homes of retired generals and safe houses on the run, \u003ci\u003eWhat You Have Heard Is True\u003c\/i\u003e is the devastating true story of a young woman's choice to engage with horror in order to help others, of an unlikely friendship which will change the\u003cbr\u003ecourse of her life, and of a remarkable man's doomed effort to save his people from disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31960858263649,"sku":"9780241405581","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32259899.jpg?v=1737102490","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241405581-what-you-have-heard-is-true","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}