So the mining accident in Chile could be put down to unpardonably lax or inadequately administered safety procedures – a Bad Thing.
But here’s the conundrum. Perhaps the world is a now better place because the accident gave us - & more especially the Chileans – such a powerful & uplifting story. A Good Thing.
Isabel Allende, who was there to witness the return of the men to the surface, said on radio this morning that she would not be turning it into a novel – it was a novel in itself, which ‘already has elements of magic realism about it’.
