Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, saying of Eggers that, "He kicked off the decade as the look-at-me stylist behind 2000's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. The fact that Eggers bookended it with this gut-wrenchingly poignant and selfless Katrina story proves that even boy wonders can grow up."[3]
Zeitoun was nominated in the Creative Nonfiction category for the 2010 California Book Awards.[4]
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The Question and Answer section for Zeitoun is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Kathy suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and has episodes of memory loss.
Meaning his imprisonment?
I think there is the juxtaposition of housing. The first two thirds of the book seen through his canoe. We see destroyed houses and neighborhoods. The last third of the book is of Zeitoun's detention at "camp Greyhound". This place is essentially...
