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- Dictionarywhat/wɒt/
pronoun
- 1. asking for information specifying something: "what is your name?"
- 2. the thing or things that (used in specifying something): "what we need is a commitment"
determiner
- 1. asking for information specifying something: "what time is it?"
- 2. (referring to the whole of an amount) whatever: "he had been robbed of what little money he had"
interrogative
- 1. to what extent?: "what does it matter?"
- 2. used to indicate an estimate or approximation: "see you, what, about four?"
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Oct 18, 2006 · 85,122 ratings7,533 reviews. From the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost Boys—was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by ...
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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. Plot summary.
- Dave Eggers
- 2006
Dec 24, 2006 · Dave Eggers’s “What Is the What” is, like “Huckleberry Finn,” a picaresque novel of adolescence.
When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives of millions through one extraordinary man.
- Paperback
Oct 9, 2007 · Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives of millions through one extraordinary man. “A testament to the triumph of hope over experience, human resilience over tragedy and disaster.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.
- Dave Eggers
- $15.29
- Vintage
Nov 13, 2007 · What Is the What. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost Boys—was forced to leave...
by Dave Eggers (Author) 4.5 1,688 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
- Dave Eggers
