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'Urgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.' - Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author Empire of Pain 'Moving, sweeping, and masterful' - Sally Hayden, author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned New Yorker journalist Jonathan Blitzer has been covering the immigration crisis at America’s southern border for nearly a decade, but the current emergency is the end of a much larger story. In this, his first book, Blitzer goes back to the beginning: to the shadowy civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s; to the American prison system in the 1990s and the policies of mass deportation that transformed local street criminals into international crime syndicates; to Honduras’s brutal crackdown on crime in the 2000s and the emergence of gangs across Central America and the United States. And then the Trump era, in which immigration became a vector of resurgent populism, with mass internments the order of the day. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a fresh and full account of America’s immigration problems, but it is much more than that. It is an odyssey of struggle and resilience, telling the epic story of people whose lives ebb and flow across the border and those who help and hinder them. It is a gripping and persuasive attempt to answer not only the question of how America got there, but the vital question of who we are and who we want to be in our liberal Western democracies, whether we are incarcerating children on our southern borders or watching them drown on the shores of the Mediterranean. 'What an incredibly thorough documentation of the causes of the immigration crisis, the discussions that have been going on through multiple administrations.' - Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

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Author:   Jonathan Blitzer
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan
Imprint:   Picador
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9781529039313

ISBN 10:   1529039312
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   30 May 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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urgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit -- Patrick Radden Keefe, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Say Nothing</i> and <i>Empire of Pain</i> Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a searing, gut-wrenching, and masterfully reportedaccount of one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twenty-first century. -- Jill Lepore, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>These Truths: A History of the United States</i> Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a masterpiece that everybody, everybody should read. -- Javier Zamora, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Solito</i> I really loved it. I couldn’t put it down. -- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of <i>The Undocumented Americans</i> This book will tear your heart out . . . The main characters are drawn with the richness of great fiction. -- William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Barbarian Days</i> With rare humanity, narrative acumen, and a detective’s eye for the telling detail, Jonathan Blitzer has given the U.S.-Central American immigration crisis the epic treatment that it deserves . . . A remarkable and invaluable achievement. -- Jon Lee Anderson, bestselling author of <i>Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life</i> A decades-long regional tragedy plays out in riveting detail, and no one who reads Jonathan Blitzer’s marvelous new book will ever view the current headlines in quite the same way. -- Daniel Alarcón, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> and <i>Lost City Radio</i> Everyone Who Is Gone is Here is a book about immigration of unparalleled significance: a definitive history of the human tragedy wrought by decades of flawed U.S. policies, and the rare triumph of those who outrun, outwit, and outlast them. -- Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Amity and Prosperity</i> Powerful and deeply compelling -- Ana Raquel Minian, author of <i>In the Shadow of Liberty</i>

In this urgent, extraordinary book, Jonathan Blitzer takes a crisis we generally encounter in the black-and-white simplicity of sound bites and statistics and reconceives it in complicated, unforgettable color. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here tells the origin story of our border emergency as both a sweeping panorama, traversing decades and continents, and an intimate chronicle of the lives of a handful of indelible characters. Based on years of unparalleled reporting with migrants, activists, and policymakers, the book offers a profound reflection on one of the great paradoxes of American life—and a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit. -- Patrick Radden Keefe, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Say Nothing</i> and <i>Empire of Pain</i> Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a searing, gut-wrenching, and masterfully reportedaccount of one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twenty-first century. No one has told this story so well as Jonathan Blitzer, whose incisive historical and political analysis brings into devastatingly sharp relief the gripping, heartbreaking tales told to him by migrants in search of ‘una cucharita de justicia,’ a little spoonful of justice. -- Jill Lepore, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>These Truths: A History of the United States</i> As a Salvadoran, and as a previously undocumented person living in the United States, it has felt impossible to find a single comprehensive, concise timeline that could tie my existence in this country to the wars funded by US taxpayers. Through in-depth research, a commitment to truth, and brilliant storytelling, Jonathan Blitzer has written the quintessential book that links Central American migration to US imperialism. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a masterpiece that everybody, everybody should read. -- Javier Zamora, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Solito</i> I have a lot of resistance to reading about immigration because I do not feel that I, an immigrant, am the intended audience, but Jon’s writing is different. He does not ogle, romanticize, proselytize, or condescend. His storytelling is bold, and the research involved is impressive, but what I admire most about this book is its moral clarity. It’s crystalline. I really loved it. I couldn’t put it down. -- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of <i>The Undocumented Americans</i> This book will tear your heart out. Both intimate and comprehensive, it treks deep into the tragedies of El Salvador, Guatemala, and US immigration policy. Jon Blitzer’s reporting is vast, meticulous, and authoritative. The main characters are drawn with the richness of great fiction. -- William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Barbarian Days</i> With rare humanity, narrative acumen, and a detective’s eye for the telling detail, Jonathan Blitzer has given the U.S.-Central American immigration crisis the epic treatment that it deserves. This is the story of ordinary people forced to live extraordinary lives in a time of endless tumult. Reminiscent of classic past social inquiries by the likes of George Orwell and Tracy Kidder, Everyone who is Gone is Here is an unparalleled piece of modern journalism about one of the most compelling, and polarizing issues of our time. A remarkable and invaluable achievement. -- Jon Lee Anderson, bestselling author of <i>Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life</i> A decades-long regional tragedy plays out in riveting detail, and no one who reads Jonathan Blitzer’s marvelous new book will ever view the current headlines in quite the same way. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a breathtaking and immersive work of journalism, laying out in novelistic detail the violent, treacherous roots of the current immigration crisis. It’s a riveting, maddening, and ultimately moving story that every American who cares about immigration should read. -- Daniel Alarcón, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> and <i>Lost City Radio</i> Everyone Who Is Gone is Here is a book about immigration of unparalleled significance: a definitive history of the human tragedy wrought by decades of flawed U.S. policies, and the rare triumph of those who outrun, outwit, and outlast them. -- Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Amity and Prosperity</i> Powerful and deeply compelling, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here shows how Central American migration has created deep interconnections between the US, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This story reminds readers that migration is not only a political issue but a human one. -- Ana Raquel Minian, author of <i>In the Shadow of Liberty</i>

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Jonathan Blitzer is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has won a National Award for Education Reporting as well as an Edward R. Murrow Award, and was a 2021 Emerson Fellow at New America. He lives with his family in New York City.

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