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Héctor Tobar


Born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
January 01, 1963

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Literature & Fiction


Héctor Tobar, now a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 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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Average rating: 3.94 · 21,676 ratings · 3,121 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors
Deep Down Dark: The Untold ...
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The Barbarian Nurseries
3.71 avg rating — 3,516 ratings — published 2011 — 39 editions
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Our Migrant Souls: A Medita...
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The Tattooed Soldier
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The Last Great Road Bum
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Translation Nation: Definin...
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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.”
― Héctor 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.”
― Héctor Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries
tags: innocence, truth
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“She would speak her story in Spanish and la señora Maureen would tell hers in English; it was obvious to her that the two languages did not carry equal weight.”
― Héctor Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries
tags: english, language, privilege, spanish
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