Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic landscape of flooded streets by canoe. But eventually he came to the attention of those 'guarding' this drowned city.

Eggers uses Zeitoun's eyes to report on America's reasonless post-Katrina worldReminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's documentaries, this is a true story told with the skills of a master of fiction. Immensely readable * Independent *
Masterly. Brilliantly crafted, powerfully written and deftly reported * Guardian *
The shocking tale of a true New Orleans hero. This is narrative non-fiction at its very, very best * Herald *
Shocking * The Times *
Extraordinary, gripping * Daily Telegraph *
Terrifying * Observer *
Riveting * Vanity Fair *

Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix Médicis Etranger.

He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world, and of ScholarMatch, which connects donors with students to make college accessible. He is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and is the cofounder of Voice of Witness, a book series that illuminates human rights crises through oral history.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter. His work has been translated into forty- two languages.

www.Internationalcongressofyouthvoices.org
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www.scholarmatch.org
www.voiceofwitness.org
www.valentinoachakdeng.org
www.mcsweeneys.net
www.daveeggers.net

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ISBN 13	9780141046815
ISBN 10	0141046813
Title	Zeitoun
Author	Dave Eggers
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2011-02-24
Number of pages	368
Prizes	Winner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize: Non-Fiction 2010
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