Zeitoun

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337 pages

English language

Published 2010 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-307-38794-3
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OCLC Number:
501402193

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3 stars (2 reviews)

From Goodreads: 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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reviewed Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Review of 'Zeitoun' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I think - intentionally - Dave Eggers used an unemotional journalistic tone to tell us about Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun. As a result, I felt like I was a distant observer, watching a documentary about the chaos of New Orleans during and following Hurricane Katrina...until the last third of the book, when Abdulrahman ends up falsely imprisoned. It sounded just a little too much like the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. What happened to the Zeitouns should not have happened, and it's a sad, sad commentary on this country that it's easier to be afraid than it is to protect our civil rights.

reviewed Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Review of 'Zeitoun' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I think - intentionally - Dave Eggers used an unemotional journalistic tone to tell us about Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun. As a result, I felt like I was a distant observer, watching a documentary about the chaos of New Orleans during and following Hurricane Katrina...until the last third of the book, when Abdulrahman ends up falsely imprisoned. It sounded just a little too much like the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. What happened to the Zeitouns should not have happened, and it's a sad, sad commentary on this country that it's easier to be afraid than it is to protect our civil rights.

Subjects

  • Zeitoun, Abdulrahman, -- 1957-
  • Zeitoun, Kathy
  • Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
  • Arab Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
  • Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
  • Arab Americans -- Social conditions -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
  • New Orleans (La.) -- Biography