What Is the What
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What Is the What is a biographical novel by Dave Eggers that recounts the harrowing life story of Sudanese Lost Boy Valentino Achak Deng.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Dave Eggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
2006 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
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2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Fiction) ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Valentino Achak Deng ⓘ |
| benefitsOrganization | Valentino Achak Deng Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Valentino Achak Deng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Dave Eggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicGroup | Dinka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical fiction
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historical novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-932416-20-4 ⓘ |
| hasRealPersonAsProtagonist | Valentino Achak Deng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | none ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
identity
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migration ⓘ resilience ⓘ survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ war ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Valentino Achak Deng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | novel ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fictionalized autobiography ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| pageCount | 535 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | McSweeney's NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
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Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subject |
Lost Boys of Sudan
NERFINISHED
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Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ civil war ⓘ displacement ⓘ refugees ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ early 2000s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Dinka creation myth ⓘ |
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