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| Title | : | Zeitoun |
| Author | : | Dave Eggers |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 342 pages |
| Published | : | July 15th 2009 by McSweeney's |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Biography. History |
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The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.List Books Conducive To Zeitoun
| Original Title: | Zeitoun |
| ISBN: | 1934781630 (ISBN13: 9781934781630) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New Orleans, Louisiana,2005(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | American Book Award (2010), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2009), Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction (2010), Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (2010), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2009) |
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This review has been revised and extended. It can now be seen at Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud.Will you remind me again why we all hate Dave Eggers so much? I remember reading What Is The What as an act of defiance against the culture at the Strand, where all the book snobs I was working with were way, far too cool to like him. I don't think I looked into the situation very critically though. I mean, at the time I was more interested in reading as confrontation than I was in understanding that confrontation. But now I'm old! So let's talk about it. Is it because he's popular? He's not,
As a writer, Dave Eggers has the ability to find the small story within the larger one, as exemplified by his "Voice of Witness" series, out of which arose this book. But no one else could have written this book -- his extraordinary skill as a writer coupled with his deep seated humanity and puckish humor have woven a story of courage and loyalty and love far beyond any other I've read, save for his own "What is the What," my favorite book of 2006. His befriending of his subjects results in epic
Rave review in the New York Times.I'm on Amtrak today, on the first of a three-day trip to New Orleans. I checked five books out of the library just before leaving, then pondered and left two of them at home. This morning I started in on Zeitoun, and this evening I finished it. Maybe I should have brought more than three books? (I also listened to many hours of podcasts when I decided the scenery was nice enough that I didn't want to be reading it turns out train trips are a great way of
This book belongs on that short shelf of essential classics such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Cry, the Beloved Country. The great tragedy of Zeitoun is that he suffered for doing what all of us would hope to do in similar circumstances--the best we can in times of crisis to help our neighbors. The sheer hell that Zeitoun, his family, and the countless, nameless people who suffered during the aftermath of Katrina went through is a modern parable we should all heed. Despite the subsequent
I am still trembling from rage, disbelief, and sadness -having closed the back cover of this book a few minutes ago. Aside from newspaper and magazine articles that I read in the weeks and months following Hurricane Katrina, this is the first long and complete account I have read of a family's experience in the disaster. It is a tremendous and devastating work, told with such forthrightness, simplicity and respect. I highly recommend it to all. What strikes me as I read several of the Goodreads
this is a MUST read book........must, must, must!!!!!!!!!!i had no idea innocent people were put in a man-made prison in new orleans during katrina. `shameful`...[unreal story which took place in our country:].do not...`NOT` read this book. the story of this married couple...'the `zeitoun's` is a story you'll never forget.love elyse
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