Nagekomen bericht: we krijgen Eggers toch! Hoera!!
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous 47-year-old 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. Eggers's riveting nonfiction book, three years in the making, explores Zeitoun's roots in Syria, his marriage to Kathy -- an American who converted to Islam -- and their children, and the surreal atmosphere (in New Orleans and the United States generally) in which what happened to Abdulrahman Zeitoun was possible. Like What Is the What, Zeitoun was written in close collaboration with its subjects and involved vast research -- in this case, in the United States, Spain, and Syria.
5 opmerkingen:
fantastisch! en proficiat!
nou zeg, dat wordt smullen tegen de klok..
Goh,zie dit nu pas, ik was aan het worstelen met de klimop. Wat fijn voor jullie,maar inderdaad... wanneer heb je daar nog tijd voor??
Wow COOL! Jullie stijgen steeds sneller naar de top! :)
Gefeliciteerd en succes!!!
Gefeliciteerd!!!
En mag ik nog even opmerken dat je wel een erg vetkoele foto hebt gemaakt (die eerste)?!
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