Zeitoun

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD AND THE LA TIMES BOOK AWARD

Masterly. Brilliantly crafted, powerfully written and deftly reportedGuardian

The urgent and unforgettable true story of post-Katrina New Orleans . . .

In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans has 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. But eventually he came to the attention of those guarding this drowned city. Only then did Zeitouns nightmare really begin.

Zeitoun is the powerful, ultimately uplifting true story of one mans courage when confronted with an awesome force of nature followed by more troubling human oppression.

Eggers uses Zeitouns eyes to report on Americas reasonless post-Katrina world, Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Márquezs documentaries, this is a true story told with the skills of a master of fiction. Immensely readableIndependent

The stuff of great narrative non-fiction. Fifty years from now, when people want to know what happened to this once-great city, they will be talking about a family named ZeitounThe New York Times Book Review