{"product_id":"captive-2147-days-of-terror-in-the-colombian-jungle-9781439156957","title":"Captive: 2,147 Days of Terror in the Colombian Jungle","description":"On a fateful day in February 2002, campaign manager Clara Rojas accompanied longtime friend and presidential hopeful Ingrid Betancourt into an area controlled by the powerful leftist guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Armed with machine guns and grenades, the FARC took them hostage and kept them in the jungle for the next six years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter more than two years of captivity deep in the Colombian jungle, surrounded by jaguars, snakes, and tarantulas, miles from any town or hospital, Clara Rojas prepared to give birth in a muddy tent surrounded by heavily armed guerrillas. Her captors promised that a doctor would be brought to the camp to help her. But when Rojas went into labor and began to suffer complications, the only person on hand was a guerrilla wielding a kitchen knife. The guerrillas drugged Rojas with anesthetic while one of them slit open her abdomen. Her son, Emmanuel, was born by amateur cesarean section in April 2004. His survival was miraculous, but her joy was soon cut short when the FARC took him from her when he was only eight months old. For the next three years, Clara was given no information about him, but her desire to one day see him again kept her alive. In early 2008, Clara was finally liberated and reunited with her son--to whom this book is dedicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clara Rojas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.62w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439156957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2010 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2010 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRojas, Clara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eClara Rojas\u003c\/b\u003e is a lawyer and was the campaign director of Ingrid Betancourt's presidential campaign when they were kidnapped by the FARC in 2002. She gave birth to her son Emmanuel during her captivity but he was taken from her when he was only eight months old. After six years of captivity she was finally liberated. Clara and her son currently live in Bogotá, Colombia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdriana V. López\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eCríticas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly's\u003c\/i\u003e sister magazine devoted to the Spanish-language publishing world. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBarcelona Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, a short story collection for Akashic Books, as well as the editor of \u003ci\u003eFifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles and Other Quinceañera Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins, 2007). Lopez's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications and book anthologies. Her essays and fiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eJuicy Mangoes\u003c\/i\u003e (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2007), \u003ci\u003eBorder-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass \u0026amp; Cultural Shifting\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins, 2004), and \u003ci\u003eColonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e (Seal Press, 2002). López is a member of PEN America and currently divides her time between New York and Madrid.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44784492085363,"sku":"9781439156957","price":21.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_844de9e4-e3b5-4cc7-8c56-0ebfd38c8cd6.jpg?v=1776258147","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/captive-2147-days-of-terror-in-the-colombian-jungle-9781439156957","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}