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title: "Zeitoun"
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# Zeitoun

**Brand:** dave eggers
**Price:** € 8.65
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- **What is this?** Zeitoun by dave eggers
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Zeitoun

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## Customer Reviews

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    Hurricane Katrina & its effects
  

*by A***  on Reviewed in India on 21 March 2022*

True account about the aftermath of Hurricane.

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    shocking story, did this happen in the US??
  

*by L***6 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2017*

Ok I've read afterwards that Zeitoun was not a good hearted man as he is described here in the book and that he appeared in court for attempt of murdering his wife ( of which he was not convicted).  And I've read that his work as a business man was not as good and as honest as described in this book, so if this is true it's a bit sad reading as a non-fiction story.  That's the reason I give 4 and not 5 stars.On the other hand what is 100% is the disaster that happened in New Orleans and th shameful way America and his government handled this.  Reading this took me back to a corrupt 3th world country, realizing in shock that no, this happened in one of the most civilized and richest countries in the world. How can government fail in such a disgraceful way?  Let's hope that they learnt about it and after the Houston and Florida storms recently luckily we did not hear such reports yet, besides some loothing but I guess extreme conditions can bring the best but also the worst in human.A book that makes you think, that's for sure...

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    Moved me more than any book in a long time
  

*by J***U on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2018*

I've read a couple of other books by this author and admired his intense focus on his subject. He never seems to shy away from a challenge so the New Orleans floods seemed to be a fit.The story is written in the style of a novel with plenty of backstory and lots of detail about the characters. It is also written in the third person so the reader gets to be the observer to everything.At the beginning there are some great positives about immigrants and muslims in the US - moving to make a better life and giving the society around them. This is modern day America though and we also see racism in many forms encountered by the main people.I had to keep reminding myself that this is a factual account - not even a fictionalised version of true events - this actually happened.The account is staggering. We all heard about Katrina on the news but this book personalises what happened and makes it real. Almost immediately, Zeitoun is having to make life or death decisions and realises that his survival is a priority when everything else is removed.Some details about Zeitoun's life would be too unlikely to be included in a novel (the story of his famous brother as an example) so, their inclusion here, makes the whole book as genuine as it can be.The peril ramps up as the water rises and I could see that I was only a third of the way through the story so lots more horrible things to happen. The small glimmer of hope is that he is telling the story for Dave Eggers to write so Zeitoun must survive (mustn't he??).Most of the time we are seeing the story from the view of Zeitoun and his wife - it's when the story splits that the book gets even more difficult to read.Using this account of a national disaster, the book tells a huge amount about the state of the US society - positives and negatives. There are extremes of both but it is heart warming that the kindness of the majority in the middle comes across strongly.

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