The Beast by Oscar Martinez
Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs, The Beast is the first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the narcotraficantes.
A heartbreaking book about the world's most invisible peopleA revelatory work of love and hair-raising courage. -- Alma Guillermoprieto, Latin America correspondent for the New York Review of Books, author of Dancing with Cuba
To understand the dramatic realities faced by the migrants who flee northwards to find work in the United States, Óscar Martínez literally jumped trains and dodged killers. He deserves praise not only for his efforts, and for what he writes about, but because he writes so very well. -- Jon Lee Anderson, staff reporter for the New Yorker
Óscar Martínez is a journalist of uncommon bravery and a writer of prodigious talent. The Beast is a powerful, necessary book, one of the finest pieces of journalism to emerge from Latin America in years. -- Daniel Alarcón, author of At Night We Walk in Circles
Forget the rhetoric, the politics, and the propaganda. The Beast is the real story of the drug war. * Lithub *
To understand the dramatic realities faced by the migrants who flee northwards to find work in the United States, Óscar Martínez literally jumped trains and dodged killers. He deserves praise not only for his efforts, and for what he writes about, but because he writes so very well. -- Jon Lee Anderson, staff reporter for the New Yorker
Óscar Martínez is a journalist of uncommon bravery and a writer of prodigious talent. The Beast is a powerful, necessary book, one of the finest pieces of journalism to emerge from Latin America in years. -- Daniel Alarcón, author of At Night We Walk in Circles
Forget the rhetoric, the politics, and the propaganda. The Beast is the real story of the drug war. * Lithub *
Óscar Martínez writes for ElFaro.net, the first online newspaper in Latin America. His first book, The Beast, was named one of the best books of the year by the Economist and the Financial Times. In 2008, Martínez won the Fernando Benítez National Journalism Prize in Mexico, and in 2009, he was awarded the Human Rights Prize at the José Simeón Cañas Central American University in El Salvador.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781682975 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781682976 |
| Title | The Beast |
| Author | Oscar Martinez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2014-06-03 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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