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Hector tobar answers your questions about deep down dark tobar says it was a great honor to interview the 33 chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010. In deep down dark, hector tobar takes us deftly to the very cliffedge of human survival. When the san jose mine collapsed outside of copiapo, chile, in august 2010, it trapped thirtythree miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a recordbreaking sixtynine days. With antonio banderas, rodrigo santoro, juliette binoche, james brolin. Tobar says it was a great honor to interview the 33 chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010. I am especially grateful to the first editions club for bringing me to the best book ive read all year. Hector tobar had exclusive access to the 33 miners to report his new book detailing the claustrophobic horror they faced when they were trapped for 69 days in 2010.
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An eloquent testament to the human spirit the timesa masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds. The untold stories of 33 men buried in a chilean mine, and the miracle that set them free chile was the last country in the western hemisphere to legalize divorce. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read deep down dark. The untold stories of 33 men buried in a chilean mine, and the miracle that set them free by hector tobar.
Masterful book deep down dark becomes merely adequate film. Four years ago, more than a billion people watched live video of the astonishing rescue of 33 chilean miners. Nov 23, 2014 crises of faith are the dominant theme of hector tobars deep down dark, the story of 33 men who were buried for 69 days in a collapsed chilean mine in 2010. The untold stories of 33 men buried in a chilean mine and the miracle that set them free. Hector tobar gets the inside story of the 33 chilean miners. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the 33. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist and novelist tobar the barbarian nurseries, 2011, etc. It tells the true story of the men trapped underground in chile in 2010. Dec 10, 2014 jeffrey brown interviews hector tobar, author of deep down dark. Author hector tobar masterfully weaves together the stories of all 33 men and their families, alternating the tale between what was going on underground and what was happening aboveground. Pulitzerprizewinning journalist hector tobar is the man they choose to tell their story. It was a finalist for the 2014 national book critics circle award general nonfiction. In 2010, the world watched the dramatic rescue of 33 chilean miners who had endured 69 days buried a halfmile underground.
Tobar continues to follow the men after their rescue as they face a world that now views them as celebritiesand they have little resources or assistance in. The untold stories of 33 men buried in a chilean mine, and the miracle that set them. I know 2014 still has three months left to go, but i dont expect to find anything i liked better than hector tobars deep down dark. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Hector tobar is the author of five books published in ten languages, including the critically acclaimed, new york times bestseller. The men were entombed deep in a decrepit copper mine, trapped for 10 weeks in a dark inferno listening to crashing rock. We hope that the following guide will enrich your exploration of this powerful meditation on determination and destiny.
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A finalist for a national book critics circle award. 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. A dramatic account of the 33 miners of the san jose mine in chile by novelist and pulitzer prizewinning journalist hector tobar, in official collaboration with the 33 and with the full cooperation of the chilean authorities behind the daring rescue operation. Indeed, for the 33, the pulitzer prizewinning journalist hector tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, crafting a haunting masterwork from their surreal experiences and from his intensive research on the extraordinary rescue mission.
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