by Martín Caparrós · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433978066
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«El Hambre» is Martín Caparrós's essay on world hunger, published in 2016 by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (696 pages, in Spanish).
After traveling through countries such as India, Bangladesh, Niger, Kenya, Sudan, Madagascar, Argentina, the United States and Spain, Martín Caparrós gives voice to those who suffer hunger and those who try to alleviate it. The work analyzes how food speculation and extreme poverty sustain a system in which almost a billion people do not eat enough.
It belongs to Anagrama's Compactos Collection (number 699). It won the extraordinary Cálamo Prize in 2015 and was a finalist for the Ryszard Kapuściński Prize in 2016.
For readers of non-fiction, journalistic chronicle and social essay.
Martín Caparrós is an Argentine writer, journalist, essayist and social commentator. As an author he is widely known for his detailed and insightful works of fiction and non-fiction. Some of his most notable books include La Voluntad, El Hambre, and El Interior. His books have been translated into numerous languages, earning him widespread acclaim.
