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Tue Jul 28

Dave Eggers: Zeitoun


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Books Inc. in Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94103
district: Civic Center

Tue Jul 28 (noon)

Description
Best-selling author DAVE EGGERS will discuss his latest book Zeitoun. 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. 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.

A percentage of the proceeds from every book sold at this event will benefit 826 Valencia.