Zeitoun - Softcover

Zeitoun is a poignant, haunting, ethereal story about New Orleans in peril. Eggers has bottled up the feeling of post-Katrina despair better than anyone else. This is a simple, beautiful book with a lingering radiance -- Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge An instant American classic. This is a major work full of fire and wit by one of our most important writers -- Michael Eric Dyson, author of Come Hell or High Water The shocking tale of a true New Orleans hero. This is narrative non-fiction at its very, very best * Herald * Eggers usesz 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, Billiantly crafted, powerfully written and deftly reported * Guardian * The stuff of great narrative non-fiction. Fifty years from now, when people what to know what happened to this once-great city, they will be talking about a family named Zeitoun * The New York Times Book Review * Shocking * The Times * Extraordinary, gripping * Daily Telegraph * Terrifying * Observer * Riveting * Vanity Fair *