Zeitoun
«Eggers uses Zeitoun's eyes to report on America's reasonless post-Katrina world. Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's documentaries, this is a true story told with the skills of a master of fiction. Immensely readable»
Independent
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. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780141046815
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize: Non-Fiction 2010.
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«Eggers uses Zeitoun's eyes to report on America's reasonless post-Katrina world. Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's documentaries, this is a true story told with the skills of a master of fiction. Immensely readable»
Independent
«Masterly. Brilliantly crafted, powerfully written and deftly reported»
Guardian
«The shocking tale of a true New Orleans hero. This is narrative non-fiction at its very, very best»
Herald
«Shocking»
The Times
«Extraordinary, gripping»
Daily Telegraph
«Terrifying»
Observer
«Riveting»
Vanity Fair