Emma Sepúlveda Pulvirenti

70 Days of Night (eBook, ePUB)

33 Trapped Miners and the Hidden Story of a Rescue

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"I also remind you that it was us women who held strong when everything was lost to get them out, because we women are fighters. Pass this on to the other 32." Excerpt from a letter by Marta Salinas, wife of miner Jonni Barrios. "What happens in the mine, stays in the mine," said one of the 33 miners trapped in the tunnel of the San Jos¿ mining site in northern Chile. But that wasn¿t the case. Writer Emma Sep¿lveda traveled to the scene of the accident from the very beginning and stayed for weeks, until the rescue, interviewing the wives of the trapped miners who played a decisive role in bringing them back alive. She also spoke with union leaders, government authorities, local parliamentarians, religious representatives, psychologists, miners, and dozens of temporary inhabitants of Camp Hope who were part of this unique epic. With countless testimonies and privileged access to letters sent from the depths of the mine, the author reconstructs the hidden side of the story: the causes of the accident, the intimate feelings of those trapped, the frantic search, and the maneuvered rescue. This book brings to light what was left unsaid and debates what was done without thinking. It exposes the media-political manipulation of the operation and reveals the true heroes of the story.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Editorial Catalonia
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789564151199
• Artikelnr.: 72307382

Autorenporträt

Emma Sep¿lveda Studied History at the University of Chile and graduated in the United States, where she lived for more than four decades. She earned a Master's and a Doctorate from the University of California. She has received numerous accolades for her work in literature and her defense of Latino rights in the U.S. She was the first Latina to run for the Nevada Senate (1994). For seventeen years, she was a columnist for the Nevada press. She is the author of over thirty books, including the award-winning *70 Days of Night*, which recounts the tragedy and rescue of the 33 miners in Chile. She has won the Latino Book Award in the U.S. three times. She has been honored with the Thorton Award for Peace, GEMS Woman of the Year in Literature, the Carolyn Kizer Award, the Silver Pen Award, and induction into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. She was part of the committee that created the first Latino Museum in Washington, D.C. In 2014, President Obama appointed her to the Fulbright International Committee. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she founded the Center for Latino Studies. She currently lives in Valencia, Spain.