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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 · Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, a network of eight tutoring centers around the country and ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization designed to connect students with resources, schools and donors to make college possible. He lives in Northern California with his family.
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.
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.
Dec 24, 2006 · Intense, straightforward, lit by lightning flashes of humor, wisdom and charm, Valentino’s story — novel, autobiography, whatever — is an account of what it was like to be one of the Lost ...
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 “An absolute classic….
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Nov 13, 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...
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Feb 24, 2009 · What Is the What. Dave Eggers. Knopf Canada, Feb 24, 2009 - Fiction - 560 pages. What Is the What is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan...
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Jul 3, 2008 · Read Dave Eggers' What is the What – it's the best book of the year ― Guardian. If there was ever any doubt that Dave Eggers is one of our most important storytellers, What Is the What should put it to rest... [A] strange, beautiful and unforgettable work ― San Francisco Chronicle.
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Oct 18, 2006 · Eggers's limpid prose gives Valentino an unaffected, compelling voice and makes his narrative by turns harrowing, funny, bleak and lyrical. The result is a horrific account of the Sudanese tragedy, but also an emblematic saga of modernity-of the search for home and self in a world of unending upheaval.
Jan 1, 2007 · by Dave Eggers (Author) 1,956. 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.
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