The Library in Use: “Zeitoun”by Dave Eggers
“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 from her, 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 arrested Zeitoun in his home from him. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family's unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.”
Taken from Amazon.
See also:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/books/review/Egan-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/11/dave-eggers-zeitoun-hurricane-katrina
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6512154-zeitoun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitoun_(book)
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Zeitoun / Dave Eggers. —London: Hamish Hamilton, cop. 2009.
339 pages ; 24cm
ISBN 978-0-241-14494-7
PS3605.G48 Z45 2009
- 97466000
