Zeitoun
Author: Eggers, Dave
ISBN: 9780141046815
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 28 Feb 2011
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
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 'guarding' this drowned city. Only then did Zeitoun's nightmare really begin.
Zeitoun is the powerful, ultimately uplifting true story of one man's courage when confronted with an awesome force of nature followed by more troubling human oppression.
ISBN: 9780141046815
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 28 Feb 2011
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
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 'guarding' this drowned city. Only then did Zeitoun's nightmare really begin.
Zeitoun is the powerful, ultimately uplifting true story of one man's courage when confronted with an awesome force of nature followed by more troubling human oppression.
