| Zeitoun |  | Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0241144841
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Publication Date: March 15, 2010
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. Good Samaritan Abdulrahman has stayed on in the city, traversing its deeply flooded streets by canoe, feeding trapped dogs and rescuing survivors, as New Orleans becomes a disaster zone.
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 A graphic story of injustice July 1, 2010
J. H. Bretts
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Zeitoun is a Muslim from Syria who has settled in New Orleans and built up a prospering business with his American-born wife. He is dedicated to his work but is also a family man. Then comes Hurricane Katrina. His family flees to safety but Zeitoun stays behind to keep an eye on his property and his business - but also to do good where he can. What then happens to him is a terrifying account of American-style injustice under George Bush.
Told in the form of a suspenseful 'non fiction novel' Zeitoun brings the tragedy of Katrina to life and also tells the story a fascinating man.
Highly recommended.
 goes flat, but interesting May 8, 2010
Sean Slippers (London)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the press reviews that raved about this book and felt somewhat let down by the reality. The story is incredible, fascinating and frightening (although hardly surprising from the US and the South in particular) however I found that it petered away at the end leaving me thinking 'so what'? If Zeitoun can shrug his shoulders and carry on living in New Orleans without anything having changed and no one being held accountable (and the probability that it would happen again under similar circumstances) then why should the reader get overly concerned. Zeitoun is obviously happy for his children to grow up in this society so good luck to him.
Perhaps I had raised expectations having read this immediately after Noam Chomsky's excellent Hegemony or Survival.
 But I'm no Taliban ! May 6, 2010
Mrs. Frances Forrest (Inverness,Scotland)
I heard of this book in a morning radio programme in Scotland and felt I had to know more.We had seen the video clips of course of the disaster at the time of hurricane Katrine but this promised to be a personal account.
You will not put it down until the last page.A great many conclusions could have been drawn by the author but it is left to the reader to make his own conclusions on the frailty of human beings overtaken by horrendous events.
Let the facts speak for themselves May 6, 2010
David Cornwell (Kraainem, Belgium)
I switched on my radio to a BBC conversation with Dave Eggers about this book. I sent off for it once I got home and was not disappointed. Though it is non-fiction it is easy reading and a real page-turner. Anyone who has anything to do with the US or its citizens should read this book - and I guess this means everyone nowadays. It reports, in a not unentertaining way, about both the good and the bad sides of US society and government; and, in a positive light, about a muslim Syrian immigrant to the USA.
Key artefact of the Bush era May 4, 2010
Mooch (Manchester, England)
This affectingly-told story is an essential read and in years to come will be seen as one of the absolutely key cultural artefacts for understanding the dark Bush years. It's one to read without learning too much about, just trust all these rave reviews and give it a chance, you won't regret it. It is narrative non-fiction, written very clearly and simply in an almost matter-of-fact style, forming the testimony of a Syrian-American in New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina. It includes several beautiful flashbacks to Zeitoun's life in Syria, but still manages to rattle along at quite a clip - you will probably get through it in one amazing, gut-wrenching, rage-inducing, admiration-spilling, soul-inspiring session.
I hear plans are afoot to turn it into an animated film - probably the only affordable way of making it, but I can't help feeling that's a pity as it deserves the full major live-action treatment. Everyone must hear this story.
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