by Gilles Leroy · Editions Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070440740
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«Zola Jackson» is the novel by Gilles Leroy, published by Gallimard in its Folio collection, in paperback (154 pages, in French).
August 2005: Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, the levees of Lake Pontchartrain break and poor neighborhoods end up flooded, severely affecting the Black community. While help takes days to arrive, teacher Zola Jackson takes refuge in the attic with her dog Lady and fights to survive as the water keeps rising.
The novel was originally published in 2010 by Mercure de France. Gilles Leroy won the Goncourt Prize in 2007 for his novel Alabama Song.
For readers of contemporary fiction looking for social dramas and survival stories with a historical backdrop.
