Zeitoun

Informationen zum Autor Dave Eggers is the author of many acclaimed books, including The Circle; What is the What and Zeitoun. He is the founder of the publishing house and magazine McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. Klappentext Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books! including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King! a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What ! a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix M¿cis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia! a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world! and of ScholarMatch! which connects donors with students to make college accessible. He is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and is the cofounder of Voice of Witness! a book series that illuminates human rights crises through oral history. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter. His work has been translated into forty- two languages. www.Internationalcongressofyouthvoices.org www.826valencia.org www.scholarmatch.org www.voiceofwitness.org www.valentinoachakdeng.org www.mcsweeneys.net www.daveeggers.net Zusammenfassung 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. But eventually he came to the attention of those 'guarding' this drowned city.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Eggers, Eggers Dave
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.02.2011
• EAN: 9780141046815
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104681-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, NATURE / Natural Disasters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Reportage & collected journalism, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Human rights, civil rights, Natural disasters, Reportage, journalism or collected columns