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What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel / Dave Eggers.

Eggers, Dave, (author.).

Summary:

A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked, and became one of the estimated 17,000 "lost boys of Sudan" before relocating from a Kenyan refugee camp to Atlanta in 2001.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307385901
  • ISBN: 0307385906
  • ISBN: 9781439560617
  • ISBN: 1439560617
  • Physical Description: xv, 538 pages : map ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Vintage Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, [2007].

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A New York Times notable book ; A San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, People and Time Magazine best book of the year."--Cover page iv.
"Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction."--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
870L Lexile

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Subject:
Deng, Valentino Achak > Fiction.
Sudanese > United States > Fiction.
Refugees > Sudan > Fiction.
Refugees > United States > Fiction.
Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Fiction.
Sudan > Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

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