H茅ctor Tobar (Author of Deep Down Dark)

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H茅ctor Tobar

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in Los Angeles, California, The United States

January 01, 1963

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H茅ctor Tobar, now a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is a Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning journalist and a novelist. He is the author of Translation Nation and The Tattooed Soldier. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of the city of Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and three children.

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	Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free 3.92 avg rating — 11,774 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barbarian Nurseries 3.71 avg rating — 3,477 ratings — published 2011 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 鈥淟atino鈥� 4.27 avg rating — 1,874 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tattooed Soldier 3.95 avg rating — 1,352 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Great Road Bum 3.64 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States 3.76 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Stream by H茅ctor Tobar, Oscar Villalon (Foreword) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States by H茅ctor Tobar (Editor), Juan Jos茅 Dalton, Leticia Hernandez Linares (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tattooed Soldier 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You defend your humanity with patience and determination, by making your voice heard to those who judge you a lesser being for your timeworn clothes, your callused hands, and your sunburned skin.”
― H茅ctor Tobar, Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

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“Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world.”
― H茅ctor Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries

tags: innocence, truth

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“She would speak her story in Spanish and la se帽ora Maureen would tell hers in English; it was obvious to her that the two languages did not carry equal weight.”
― H茅ctor Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries

tags: english, language, privilege, spanish

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