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Dan Baum

    Dan Baum is een vooraanstaand journalist wiens schrijfwerk zich verdiept in de complexiteit van de Amerikaanse samenleving. Met een achtergrond in diepgaande journalistiek voor grote publicaties, brengt hij een scherp onderzoeksblik in zijn verhalen. Zijn werk verkent vaak maatschappelijke kwesties en de menselijke impact van belangrijke gebeurtenissen, en biedt lezers een genuanceerd perspectief.

    nine lives
    • nine lives

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      The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters. “Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that is as innovative as Tom Wolfe on hot rods and Truman Capote on a pair of murderers. Full of stylistic brilliance and deep insight and an overriding compassion, Nine Lives is an instant classic of creative nonfiction.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Nine Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of night unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings the kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved. BONUS: This edition contains a Nine Lives discussion guide.

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