• The 33

  • Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
  • By: Héctor Tobar
  • Narrated by: Henry Leyva
  • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (77 ratings)

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The 33

By: Héctor Tobar
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
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Previously published as Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.

The novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo, and Antonio Banderas.

A finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award
A finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book
Selected for NPR's Morning Edition Book Club

When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped 33 miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking 69 days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark he brings them to haunting, visceral life. 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 place - underground passages filled with danger and that often felt alive. A masterwork of narrative journalism and a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, Deep Down Dark captures the profound ways in which the lives of everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed.

©2014 Héctor Tobar (P)2014 Macmillan Audio

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Great storytelling—better than the movie (which was good)

Good book! Very detailed. Very thorough. The movie was good; the book is better. I recommend it!

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True story telling!

Absolutely loved this book! jumped around quite a bit but gives a thorough tale of these 33 men, before, during, and after their crisis. Worth the time!

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