What is the What

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Paperback, 538 pages

English language

Published Oct. 9, 2007 by Vintage.

ISBN:
978-0-307-38590-1
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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award.

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Subjects

  • American Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors +
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Literary
  • Fiction / General
  • General
  • Refugees
  • Sudan
  • Sudanese
  • United States