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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 Hector 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
In the national bestseller "Translation Nation," Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar takes us on the definitive
tour of the Spanish-speaking United States--a parallel nation, 35
million strong, that is changing the very notion of what it means
to be an American in unprecedented and unexpected ways.
Tobar begins on familiar terrain, in his native Los Angeles, with
his family's story, along with that of two brothers of Mexican
origin with very different interpretations of Americanismo, or
American identity as seen through a Latin American lens--one headed
for U.S. citizenship and the other for the wrong side of the law
and the south side of the border. But this is just a jumping-off
point. Soon we are in Dalton, Georgia, the most Spanish-speaking
town in the Deep South, and in Rupert, Idaho, where the most
popular radio DJ is known as "El Chupacabras." By the end of the
book, we have traveled from the geographical extremes into the
heartland, exploring the familiar complexities of Cuban Miami and
the brand-new ones of a busy Omaha INS station.
Sophisticated, provocative, and deeply human, "Translation Nation"
uncovers the ways that Hispanic Americans are forging new
identities, redefining the experience of the American immigrant,
and reinventing the American community. It is a book that rises,
brilliantly, to meet one of the most profound shifts in American
identity.
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