Lunchtime Author Talk with Dave Eggers | Ferry Plaza

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Dave Eggers comes to Book Passage at the Ferry Building to talk about his book  Zeitoun as part of the One City One Book annual citywide literary event.

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’ riveting nonfiction book explores Zeitoun’s roots in Syria, his marriage to an American who converted to Islam, and the surreal atmosphere in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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