Patricia Evangelista – författare

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023TIME MAGAZINE'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR'A journalistic masterpiece' David Remnick, New YorkerMy job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go home to wait for the next catastrophe. I don't wait very long.Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.Some People Need Killing is Evangelista's meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines' drug war. For six years, Evangelista chronicled the killings carried out by police and vigilantes in the name of Duterte's war on drugs - a war that has led to the slaughter of thousands - immersing herself in the world of killers and survivors and capturing the atmosphere of fear created when an elected president decides that some lives are worth less than others.The book takes its title from a vigilante whose words seemed to reflect the psychological accommodation that most of the country had made: 'I'm really not a bad guy,' he said. 'I'm not all bad. Some people need killing.'A profound act of witness and a tour de force of literary journalism, Some People Need Killing is also a brilliant dissection of the grammar of violence and an important investigation of the human impulses to dominate and resist.

TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “Patricia Evangelista’s searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in the Philippines, but a warning to the rest of the world about the true dangers of despotism—its nightmarish consequences and its terrible human cost.”—Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain“Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell this story.”—Tara Westover, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Educated “A journalistic masterpiece”—David Remnick, The New Yorker For six years, journalist Patricia Evangelista documented killings carried out by police and vigilantes in the name of then president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs—a crusade that led to the slaughter of thousands—immersing herself in the world of killers and survivors and capturing the atmosphere of terror created when an elected president decides that some lives are worth less than others. The book takes its title from the words of a vigilante, which demonstrated the psychological accommodation many across the country had made: “I’m really not a bad guy,” he said. “I’m not all bad. Some people need killing.” A profound act of witness and a tour de force of literary journalism, Some People Need Killing is a brilliant dissection of the grammar of violence and an investigation into the human impulses to dominate and resist. WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY’S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE AND THE MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZEA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, CrimeReads, The Mary Sue

Quan l''assassinat es converteix en estructura d''estat«No soc mala persona, però hi ha gent que se''ls ha de matar». Amb aquestes paraules d''un dels assassins confidents de Patricia Evangelista ja som davant del mirall. Aquesta investigació unànimement aclamada destapa el règim de terror embogit de Rodrigo Duterte a les Filipines, però, més enllà d''això, ens parla de l''eròtica bàrbara de la violència i la seva enorme capacitat de transmissió. Un estudi de la manipulació de masses, de la por com a benzina del despotisme, de la ment psicòpata que batega en els ciutadans més «respectables». Si arribava al poder, va advertir Duterte, als criminals els valdria més penjar-se, perquè ell mateix els mataria un per un, si feia falta. Salvar el país liquidant la seva púrria. I el poble s''hi va bolcar. L''objectiu central eren els «drogates», però un cop t''hi poses, on dius que prou?TOP 10 DEL 2023 SEGONS "THE NEW YORK TIMES"NÚMERO 1 ENTRE LA NO-FICCIÓ DE L''ANY SEGONS "TIME"PREMI HELEN BERNSTEIN 2024 A L''EXCEL·LÈNCIA PERIODÍSTICA«Una investigació periodística exemplar d''una escriptora amb un coratge formidable»—Patrick Radden Keefe«Un llibre increïblement ambiciós, profundament valent i narrat amb un talent salvatge»—Andrew Solomon«Evangelista és el més semblant que tenim a una rockstar del periodisme»—Regine Cabato