[Radix] Re: Radix Digest, Vol 134, Issue 1

[Marla Petal]

Sorry!! I stand corrected.
I didn't receive the Guardian link.
I only saw that  a review in Amazon that said "The New York Times Book Review called Zeitoun "the stuff of great narrative fiction,"
Thanks!
Marla

On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Jane Barry wrote:

> I am a little confused by the comment that this is a work of fiction, given this is a reference to a Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/11/dave-eggers-zeitoun-hurricane-katrina/print, which seems to relate to the non-fiction book published in 2009 (and up for several awards). 
> 
> Of course one might be able to debate facts, once they are in hand, but to dismiss Ms. Cannon's reference as a work of fiction is perhaps less than objective?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Jane Barry
> 
> 
> On Mar 21, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Marla Petal wrote:
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>> A work of fiction, it should be noted.
>> 
>> Marla
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>>> Dear all
>>> another extraordinary story from Katrina - Syrian hero who rescued many 
>>> people and was then arrested by a SWAT team for supposedly looting his own 
>>> house! His friends were imprisoned for 6 months as they were of Arab 
>>> background and therefore far more dangerous than a hurricane...
>>> 
>>> Terry
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