Summary
An urgent, timely and unforgettable true story of the horrors of post-Katrina New Orleans.
In August, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans had 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. He protected neighbours’ properties, fed trapped dogs and rescued survivors. But eventually he came to the attention of those…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141046815 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141046813 |
| Author: | Dave Eggers |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
Terrifying
Eggers uses Zeitoun’s eyes to report on America’s reasonless post-Katrina world. Reminiscent 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
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 Medicis 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 Letters. His work has been translated into forty-two languages.
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