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What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

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: 1932416641
  • ISBN: 9781932416640
  • ISBN: 9780307385901
  • Physical Description: 475 pages : map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco : McSweeney's, [2006]

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist, 2006
Subject: Deng, Valentino Achak > Fiction.
Sudanese > United States > Fiction.
Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Fiction.
Refugees > Sudan > Fiction.
Refugees > United States > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bethlehem Area Public Library System.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem South Side Branch f (Text) 33062007780068 Adult Fiction Available -


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