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The 33 (Now a major motion picture - previously titled Deep Down Dark)
- Author
- Héctor Tobar
- Narrator
- Henry Leyva
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 5 January 2016
- Run Time
- 13 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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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
(P)2014 Macmillan Audio
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Details
- Author
- Héctor Tobar
- Narrator
- Henry Leyva
- Duration
- 13 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 January 2016
- ISBN
- 9781473636972
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Biography: historical, political and military, True stories / true accounts of events, True stories of discovery, Biography and non-fiction prose
Synopsis
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIETTE BINOCHE AND ANTONIO BANDERASTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA 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 GLOBEAugust 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(P)2014 Macmillan Audio
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