What Is the What
 

What is the What

by Dave Eggers

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia, where he finds safety — for a time. Valentino's travels, truly Biblical in scope, bring him in... (read more)

Top tags: africafictionmemoirsudanimmigrants (all tags)

Overview: All Tags

101 books1172006 - lalitas top 52006 favorite2007200820th centuryabsolutely adoredacademicachakadolesenceadultadult literatureafricaafricanafrican americanafrican literatureafrican non-fictionafrican-american literatureamazingamericaamerican authoramerican fictionamerican literatureangstaudible.comauthor authorauthor of a heartbreaking work of staggering geniuautobiographical novelautobiographyautobiography/memoirautographedaward literaturebased on a true storybiographiesbiographybook clubbook club (church)book groupbookclubbooks i ownbooks i own but am yet to readboyschild soldierschildrencivil warcoming of agecommunitycontemporarycontemporary fictioncopingcoping with tragedycrimecultural anthropologycultural strifecurrent eventscurrentaffairsdarfurdavedave eggersdengdinkadinka bar el gazel monjangdisturbingdocumentaryeggersenglish classethiopiaeye openingfamilyfictionfiction/literaturefriendshipgenocideget it!governmenthistorical fictionhistoryhomelessnesshopehorrorhungerimmigrant experienceimmigrantsimmigrationincredible fictioninsightinspirationalinteresting!international relationsinto africakenyalet downlibraryliteraturelostlost boyslost boys of sudanmale authormarch 07may 2008mcsweeneysmemoirmemoir/biographymemoirsmoving.my 2008 booksnew girlfriendnonfictionnon-fictionnovelone of the lost boys of sudan. eggers beautifullyor at least channels achaks story and creates a maovercoming obstaclespart social narrativeperceptionpersonal favoriteperspectivepoetic expressions of human feelingpoliticspovertyracerace in americarace relationsracismread in 2007read in 2008real life storiesreal readsrefugeerefugeesrelationshipsreligionresettlementrhssigned copysocial critiquesouthsudansudanesesurvivalthis is worth the read.top 5 2006 - blwtragedyvalentinovalentino achak dengviolencewarwar campswhat is the whatwordstock2007writes an autobiographical novel detailing the sto 

© 2008 Shelfari, Inc. | Portions of Shelfari.com are Copyright © 1996-2008 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy