The 33 (Now a major motion picture – previously titled Deep Down Dark)
On sale
9th October 2014
Price: £8.99
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIETTE BINOCHE AND ANTONIO BANDERAS
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
‘Riveting …The best book I’ve read all year.’ Ann Patchett
‘An astonishing tale of survival’ Spectator
THE STORY THAT GRIPPED THE GLOBE
August 2010: the San Jose mine in Chile collapses trapping 33 men half a mile underground for 69 days.
Faced with the possibility of starvation and even death, the miners make a pact: if they survive, they will only share their story collectively, as ‘the 33’.
1 billion people watch the international rescue mission.
Somehow, all 33 men make it out alive, in one of the most daring and dramatic rescue efforts even seen.
Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar is the man they choose to tell their story.
‘ An eloquent testament to the human spirit’ The Times
‘A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.’
Los Angeles Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
‘Riveting …The best book I’ve read all year.’ Ann Patchett
‘An astonishing tale of survival’ Spectator
THE STORY THAT GRIPPED THE GLOBE
August 2010: the San Jose mine in Chile collapses trapping 33 men half a mile underground for 69 days.
Faced with the possibility of starvation and even death, the miners make a pact: if they survive, they will only share their story collectively, as ‘the 33’.
1 billion people watch the international rescue mission.
Somehow, all 33 men make it out alive, in one of the most daring and dramatic rescue efforts even seen.
Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar is the man they choose to tell their story.
‘ An eloquent testament to the human spirit’ The Times
‘A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.’
Los Angeles Times
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Reviews
. . . an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
A gripping narrative, taut to the point of explosion . . . An electrifying, empathetic work of journalism that makes a four-year-old story feel fresh.
A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.
An astonishing tale of survival.
Riveting . . . The best book I've read all year
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.
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.
An account that brims with emotion and strength.
His narrative cracks along at a suitably breathless pace... you're unlikely to find a more exciting account.
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.