Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free - Couverture rigide

Tobar, Hector

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ISBN 10 : 0374280606 ISBN 13 : 9780374280604

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2014

Synopsis

By Hector Tobar ( Author ) [ Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free By Oct-2014 Hardcover

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

. . . an eloquent testament to the human spirit. (The Times)

Riveting . . . The best book I've read all year (Ann Patchett)

An astonishing tale of survival. (Spectator)

A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.

(Los Angeles Times)

A gripping narrative, taut to the point of explosion . . . An electrifying, empathetic work of journalism that makes a four-year-old story feel fresh. (Kirkus)

Riveting . . . Tobar vividly narrates the miners' lives post-rescue as they come to terms with their life-changing experience and the media frenzy surrounding it. Rich in local color, this is a sensitive, suspenseful rendering of a legendary story. (Publishers Weekly, Most Anticipated Books of 2014)

His narrative cracks along at a suitably breathless pace... you're unlikely to find a more exciting account (Daily Mail)

An account that brims with emotion and strength. (USA Today)

Tobar plunges the reader into this world of uncertainty with visceral, present-tense prose and careful pacing . . . Whether the story is completely new to you, or if you were one of the millions glued to the news reports and wondering, will they make it-physically, emotionally, spiritually-you'll be greatly rewarded to learn how they did. (New York Times Book Review)

Chiseled, brooding . . . As Tobar works his way through each miner's recovery, the TV headlines recede from our memory, and a more delicate series of portraits emerges. (The Washington Post)

Présentation de l'éditeur

The exclusive, official story of the survival, faith and family of Chile's thirty-three trapped miners, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

When Chile's San Jose mine collapsed outside of Copiapo in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking 69 days. Across the globe, we sat riveted to television and computer screens while journalists flocked to the Atacama Desert. While we saw what transpired above ground during the gruelling and protracted rescue, the story of the miners' lives buried below the earth's surface-and the lives that led them there-hasn't been heard until now.

In Deep Down Dark, this masterwork of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Hector 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 Jose 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374280606
• ISBN 13: 9780374280604
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 309
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible