The 50 best books of literary journalism of the 21st century
The 50 best books of literary journalism of the 21st century
- December 9, 2021
- Hector Tobar, Chicano/Latino studies and literary journalism, GQ, Dec. 9, 2021
38. Deep Down Dark, by Héctor Tobar, [UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino Studies, English, and Literary Journalism]. The exclusive tale of the 33 men who were trapped underground for 69 days when a copper-and-gold mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed in 2010. Tobar, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and novelist, focuses in equal parts on the drama of the miners beneath the earth and the family members … above. “With careful pacing, Tobar makes the story so visceral and gripping, it’s almost a fly-on-the-wall account of a natural disaster,” said Rosecrans Baldwin ….
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