What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Deng, Valentino Achak -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Sudan -- Fiction.
Refugees -- United States -- Fiction.
Sudan -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction.
Sudanese -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Deng, Valentino Achak -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Sudan -- Fiction.
Refugees -- United States -- Fiction.
Sudan -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction.
Sudanese -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, [2006].
Format
CD, Book
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
538 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
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What Is the What is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan who flees from his village in the mid-1980s and becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys. Valentino's travels bring him in contact with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels, with hyenas and lions, with disease and starvation, and with deadly murahaleen (militias on horseback)- the same sort who currently terrorize Darfur. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins. Based closely on true experiences, What Is the What is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.
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Adult.,Brodart
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Eggers, D. (2006). What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel (First Vintage Books edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eggers, Dave. 2006. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : A Novel. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eggers, Dave. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : A Novel Vintage Books, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Eggers, Dave. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : A Novel First Vintage Books edition., Vintage Books, 2006.
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