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Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
Contributor(s): Tobar, Héctor (Author)
ISBN: 1250074851     ISBN-13: 9781250074850
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $14.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America - South America
- Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief
- Technology & Engineering | Mining
Dewey: 363.119
LCCN: 2014008385
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
 
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A Finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award
A Finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book

When the San Jos mine collapsed outside of Copiap , Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist H ctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consumed by hunger, and experience the awe of working in such a place-one filled with danger and that often felt alive. A masterwork of narrative journalism and a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, Deep Down Dark captures the profound ways in which the lives of everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed.


Contributor Bio(s): Tobar, Hector: - Héctor Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestseller, Deep Down Dark, as well as The Barbarian Nurseries, Translation Nation, and The Tattooed Soldier. Héctor is also a contributing writer for the New York Times opinion pages and an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. He's written for The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times and other publications. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, L.A. Noir, Zyzzyva, and Slate. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of Los Angeles, where he lives with his family.