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A review by thingtwo
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
5.0
I can't believe this book isn't at the top of the best selling lists. It is easy to read, engaging, informative, and eye-opening. My view of the world around me will be forever changed for reading this book.
This is not a true autobiography, but a fictionalized story told by Dave Eggers about the life of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. It spans about a twenty year period in Deng's life, from when he was a young boy in Southern Sudan, thru the years he spent in refuge camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, and his years living in Atlanta. Eggers has admitted to rearranging the chronology of the story to make the story flow better. But as Salman Rushdie once said, "Fiction are lies that tell the truth." There are lots of truths in this fictional tale.
I average a book a week. I occasionally give a book four stars if it was truly enjoyable. This one earned five from me.
This is not a true autobiography, but a fictionalized story told by Dave Eggers about the life of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. It spans about a twenty year period in Deng's life, from when he was a young boy in Southern Sudan, thru the years he spent in refuge camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, and his years living in Atlanta. Eggers has admitted to rearranging the chronology of the story to make the story flow better. But as Salman Rushdie once said, "Fiction are lies that tell the truth." There are lots of truths in this fictional tale.
I average a book a week. I occasionally give a book four stars if it was truly enjoyable. This one earned five from me.