Audiobook Zeitoun by Dave Eggers in the ListenBook app
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Book description
I pressed play and didn't look up for hours. Dave Eggers' Zeitoun isn't just read-it's lived in the quiet hum of your headphones, the weight of each word settling into your bones. This isn't history; it's a heartbeat in your ear. You hear the creak of Abdulrahman's canoe through flooded streets, the frantic dial tone as Kathy calls him after the storm, the awful, metallic click of the police stepping into his home. The audiobook makes the arrest visceral: the M-16s, the sudden silence, the way his voice cracks when he says, "They're taking me." You don't just hear it-you feel the floor drop out.
What makes this work so powerfully as audio is the intimacy. Eggers' prose, already lean and precise, gains a new layer when spoken. You hear the exhaustion in Kathy's voice as she waits, the quiet fury in Abdulrahman's voice as he tries to explain himself to guards. The narrator's pauses after the worst moments-like when he describes being locked in a cell for weeks without charge-aren't empty. They're the sound of the world catching its breath. You're not just learning about a family's trauma; you're sitting with them in the dark, listening to the drip of water in the cell, the distant wail of sirens.
This is the story America needed to hear before the storm, and still needs to hear now. It's not about politics-it's about a man who fed stray dogs after the flood, who was called a terrorist for it. It's about a wife's desperate hope over the phone line, her voice trembling but unbroken. The audiobook strips away the distance of a printed page. You hear the fear in Kathy's voice when she says, "I'm not going to lose him," and you know it's not just about her husband-it's about what happens when a country forgets its own humanity. By the end, when Abdulrahman finally walks free, you don't just feel relief. You feel the echo of all the voices that never got to be heard. It's a story that stays with you long after the last word fades. You won't forget the sound of that canoe. Or the silence after.
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Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
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