Zeitoun
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307387941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a successful Syrian-born painting contractor, decides to stay in New Orleans and protect his property while his family flees. Eggers, compiling his account from interviews, sensibly resists rhetorical grandstanding, letting injustices speak for themselves. . From The New Yorker Through the story of one man’s experience after Hurricane Katrina, Eggers draws an indelible picture of Bush-era crisis management. Thrown into one of a series of wire cages, Zeitoun speculates, with a contractor’s practicality, that construction of his prison must have begun within a day or so of the hurricane. After the levees break, he uses a small canoe to rescue people, before being arrested by an armed squad and swept powerlessly into a vortex of bureaucratic brutality. His skill is most evident in how closely he involves the reader in
In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. 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. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.A New York Times Notable Book An O, The Oprah Magazine Terrific Read of the YearA Huffington Post Best Book of t
Roger H. Voelker said Eyeopening--and frightening. Although I knew some bad things happened during the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina—the murder of several innocent blacks by cops comes to mind—I never knew just how complete the breakdown of civil liberties was. Zeitoun is an account of that breakdown, and it presents a frightening portrayal of the Kafkaesque circumstance hundreds or thou. Marissa E. Paltz said A new perspective on a horrible tradegy.. This inside perspective was very fascinating to me after only hearing what the media provided publicly. My daughter was a senior at Tulane when Katrina hit and she evacuated home to Southeast Texas - then Ike hit. I understand PTSD first-hand. The middle-eastern culture stressing over their missing brother/cousin was very intense; as was Karen Zeitoun's stress leavin. "Zeitoun is a Fantastic Book" according to Jon. Zeitoun is a book that tells a story you've probably never heard of. Zeitoun was a man who sacrificed his body to help those in need during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and it all started from his stubbornness to leave under evacuation orders. What happens to him might surprise you.I had to read this book for a class on ethics and it was a very enjoyable experi