A 21st century Bonfire of the Vanities, set in LA.
Héctor Tobar Boeken
Héctor Tobar is een Pulitzer Prize-winnende journalist en romanschrijver wiens werk zich verdiept in thema's als identiteit en ballingschap. Door zijn schrijven onderzoekt hij de complexiteit van de Latijns-Amerikaanse ervaring en raakt hij tegelijkertijd universele menselijke emoties aan. Zijn verhalen worden gekenmerkt door scherpe observatie en een diepgaand begrip van de personages die hij creëert. Tobars stijl is zowel scherpzinnig als empathisch, en biedt lezers een rijke en tot nadenken stemmende literaire reis.
A dramatic account of the 33 miners of the San Jose mine in Chile by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar, in official collaboration with 'The 33' and with the full cooperation of the Chilean authorities behind the daring rescue ope
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. Across the globe, we sat riveted to television and computer screens as journalists flocked to the Atacama desert. While we saw what transpired above ground during the grueling and protracted rescue, the story of the miners experiences below the earths surface and the lives that led them there hasn't been heard until now. In this master work of a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, Hctor Tobar gains exclusive access to the miners and their stories. The result is a miraculous and emotionally textured account of the thirty-three men who came to think of the San José mine as a kind of coffin, as a cave inflicting constant and thundering aural torment, and as a church where they sought redemption through prayer while the world watched from above. It offers an understanding of the families and personal histories that brought los 33 to the mine, and the mystical and spiritual elements that surrounded working in such a dangerous place.
