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Author Eggers, Dave.

Title What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, a novel / Dave Eggers
Published London : Penguin, 2008
©2006

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 W'PONDS  810.6 E2956 A6/W 2008  AVAILABLE
Description 538 pages : map ; 20 cm
Summary At the heart of this astonishing novel is a true story of courage and endurance in the face of one of the most brutal civil wars the world has ever known. Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety - for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these...Truly epic in scope, and told with expansive humanity, deep compassion and unexpected humour, "What is the What" is an eye-opening account of life amid the madness of war and an unforgettable tale of tragedy and triumph
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: McSweeney's, 2006; London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007
Subject Deng, Valentino Achak -- Fiction.
Deng, Valentino Achak.
Boys -- Sudan -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Sudan -- Fiction.
Refugees.
Refugees -- United States -- Fiction.
Sudanese -- United States -- Fiction.
SUBJECT Sudan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022301 -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99003690 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
United States -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
Genre/Form Fiction.
Biographies.
ISBN 9780141015743