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Title	:	Zeitoun
Author	:	Dave Eggers
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 342 pages
Published	:	July 15th 2009 by McSweeney's
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Biography. History

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

Hardcover | Pages: 342 pages

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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.

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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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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,

Definitely compelling -- once we get to the storm. The book starts off pretty slow and unsatisfying. Eggers needs to establish these characters, needs to make us care, but he does so with vast brushstrokes punctuated with only the occasional specific detail for balance. The problem is it's pure exposition and summary. In part I of the book there's virtually no scene. This made it extremely difficult to invest myself completely in the book. While I got an idea of who the Zeitouns were, I never

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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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

I despised this book and my review contains spoilers.(Posted August 10, 2012) Dave Eggers must do the general public a favor and retract his bogus and biased account of the Zeitoun family and their alleged trials after Hurricane Katrina. Ive now learned Mr. Zeitoun has been accused of attempting to hire someone to kill his ex-wife Kathy Zeitoun (shes painfully annoying but undeserving of the terrible treatment hes heaped on her). Heres the latest account:http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2...