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Zeitoun

ID 326715
Slug zeitoun-dave-eggers-2
Contributors
Author : Dave Eggers
Annotation
Description <p>A riveting account of Hurricane Katrina and a shocking tale of wrongful arrest and racism, Zeitoun is the true story of one Syrian-American, plucked from his home and accused of terrorism, written by one of America's most high-profile literary writers, now available for the first time in paperback from Vintage Canada. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later Zeitoun abruptly disappeared. Eggers's riveting nonfiction book, three years in the making, explores Zeitoun's roots in Syria, his marriage to Kathy &iquest; an American who converted to Islam &iquest; and their children, and the surreal atmosphere in which what happened to Abdulrahman Zeitoun was possible. Like What Is the What, Zeitoun was written in close collaboration with its subjects and involved vast research &iquest; in this case, in the United States, Spain, and Syria.</p>
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301 Literaire roman, novelle NUR
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Publisher Vintage US
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Language eng
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Publication date first 2010-06-01
Publication date latest 2024-08-26
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  • ISBN: 9780307387943 (BC)

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