Praise for The Barbarian Nurseries:

“A book of extraordinary scope and extraordinary power.” —Los Angeles Times

“Tobar exhibits a seismographic sensitivity to the tensions along the fault lines of his cultural terrain...His illuminations become our recognitions.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Both timely and timeless...Tobar continually creates moments of uncommon magic.” —Elle

Praise for Translation Nation:

“Translation Nation...makes the tremendous diversity, dynamism and geographical breadth of our blossoming Hispanic population come alive. That’s a valuable contribution to understanding where our country is going in this new century, and I am grateful to Tobar for providing it.” —Washington Post Book World

“Tobar captures...the current state of Latinos in the United States...with equal measures of insight and elan, giving the book an infectious optimism, an undeniable sense that the nature and scope of latinidad are not only expanding but becoming more inclusive as well...Compelling.” —Los Angeles Times

Praise for Deep Down Dark:

“If Dante's Inferno was a real place, it would look and feel like the subterranean fever dream Hector Tobar describes in Deep Down Dark. Taking us into the post-apocalyptic landscape of Chile's Atacama Desert and guiding us through the labyrinthine hell of the world's most famous mine accident, Tobar's taut narrative plumbs the depths not only of the mine itself, but of the 33 trapped miners' hearts and souls as they fight for life, and reconcile themselves—first, to death, and then to the far more more challenging task of surviving. This revelatory tale of ordinary men surviving under extraordinary circumstances is further proof that we are living in a golden age of nonfiction.” —John Vaillant, author of The Golden Spruce and The Tiger

“Riveting. . . . Tobar vividly narrates the miners’ lives post-rescue as they come to terms with their life-changing experience and the media frenzy surrounding it. Rich in local color, this is a sensitive, suspenseful rendering of a legendary story.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)