| 33 Contributor(s): Tobar, Héctor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250088941 ISBN-13: 9781250088949 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief - Technology & Engineering | Mining |
| Dewey: 363.119 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Antonio Banderas A Finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award 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 The 33, 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-underground passages filled with danger and that often felt alive. A masterwork of narrative journalism and a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, The 33 captures the profound ways in which the lives of the Chilean miners and everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tobar, Hector: - Héctor Tobar, now a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a novelist. He is the author of The Barbarian Nurseries, Translation Nation and The Tattooed Soldier. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of the city of Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and three children. |