A review by deni
A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire by Yuri Herrera

challenging dark informative reflective

5.0

This gutted me. I dunno what else to say. Herrera is a fantastic writer and researcher, Dillman’s translation preserved his voice, and the whole thing left me gasping and covering my mouth at points, even though none of it shocked me, even though I’m familiar with mining and labor history in the Appalachias and made connections throughout, even though so much and so little has changed.

Glad I checked this out of the library on a whim. I read it in a day.