The Sacrifice: How Bolivian miners extract their wealth
Thomas Graham
Nov 2019 · Random House
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‘In the Andean cultural context, the mouth of the mine is a portal between worlds. Outside, the miners are Catholic. Inside, the human soul has escaped the jurisdiction of God.’
In this searing investigation, Thomas Graham crosses the Bolivian altiplano and ventures into Siglo XX, once the world’s richest tin mine. Describing the historical and political landscape of this near post-apocalyptic world, he is invited into the local mining community where he uncovers the true costs it has exacted on their lives.
‘In the Andean cultural context, the mouth of the mine is a portal between worlds. Outside, the miners are Catholic. Inside, the human soul has escaped the jurisdiction of God.’
In this searing investigation, Thomas Graham crosses the Bolivian altiplano and ventures into Siglo XX, once the world’s richest tin mine. Describing the historical and political landscape of this near post-apocalyptic world, he is invited into the local mining community where he uncovers the true costs it has exacted on their lives.
About the author
Thomas Graham graduated with a degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Oxford in 2015. He worked in laboratories in São Paulo and Lisbon before becoming a journalist who has reported from Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia and Spain. He is currently researching Chinese bioscience.
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