What Is the What: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel - Softcover

Eggers, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307385906 ISBN 13: 9780307385901

Verlag: Vintage, 2007

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"[An] Astonishing story ... of immerse power, emotion and even, in the midst of horror, beauty." --Salman Rushdie

"Told with humor, humanity, and bottomless compassion for his subject. . . . It is impossible to read this book and not be humbled, enlightened, transformed." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner

"Lit by lightning flashes of humor, wisdom and charm. . . . An extraordinary work of witness, and of art." --Francine Prose, The New York Times Book Review

"A moving, frightening, improbably beautiful book." --Lev Grossman, Time

"A testament to the triumph of hope over experience, human resilience over tragedy and disaster." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"An absolute classic. . . . Compelling, important, and vital to the understanding of the politics and emotional consequences of oppression." --Jonathan Durbin, People

"A sweet and sometimes very funny story of one boy's coming of age. . . . Strange, beautiful and unforgettable." --John Freeman, San Francisco Chronicle

Reseña del editor:

A winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award traces the story of two child Sudanese civil war refugees and their witness to the devastation that has torn their homeland, a time during which one struggles to understand what is happening and the other joins the rebel army. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Vintage
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307385906
• ISBN 13: 9780307385901
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 560