Zeitoun / by Dave Eggers.

Author: Eggers, Dave.

Publisher: San Francisco : McSweeney's Books, c2009.

ISBN: 9781934781630
1934781630

Description: 351 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject: Zeitoun, Abdulrahman.
Zeitoun, Kathy.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Social aspects Personal narratives.
Disaster victims Louisiana New Orleans Biography.
Culture conflict Louisiana New Orleans.
Xenophobia Louisiana New Orleans.
Syrian Americans Louisiana New Orleans Social conditions 21st century.
Racism Political aspects United States History 21st century.
New Orleans (La.) Social conditions 21st century.

Notes: "This is a work of nonfiction, based primarily on the accounts of Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun"--Note about the book.

Summary: "When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared. This book explores Zeitoun's roots in Syria, his marriage to Kathy, an American who converted to Islam, and the surreal atmosphere (in New Orleans and the United States generally) in which what happened to Abdulrahman Zeitoun was possible."--Publisher's description from Amazon.com.