What is the what
the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel
by Dave Eggers
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At the heart of this astonishing, soul-wrenching 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 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 ...
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United States in fiction, Sudanese in fiction, Sudan Civil War, 1983-2005, Valentino Achak deng in fiction, Fiction, Sudanese, Emigration and immigration, Sudan in fiction, History, Refugees, Refugees in fiction, Fiction, biographical, Sudanesischer Flüchtling, New York Times reviewed, Littérature américaine, Traductions françaises, Flyktingar, Flyktingläger, Inbördeskrig, Sudanesiska flyktingar, Romans en novellen ; vertaaldPeople
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Civil War, 1983-2005Showing 9 featured editions. View all 25 editions?
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Wat is de Wat: de autobiografie van Valentino Achak Deng
2009, Lebowski
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What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel
2007, Vintage Books
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What Is the What (Vintage)
October 9, 2007, Vintage
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Wat is de Wat: de autobiografie van Valentino Achak Deng
2007, Rotschild & Bach
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What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel
2007, Hamish Hamilton, HAMISH HAMILTON LTD
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What Is the What
October 25, 2006, McSweeney's
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What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children--the so-called Lost Boys--was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom. When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives of millions through one extraordinary man.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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