Dave Eggers

What is the What

The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng

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Produktbeschreibung

Paperback edition of Eggers' acclaimed portrayal of one boy's courage in the midst of one the world's most violent conflicts, the war in Sudan. From the author of "A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius" and "You Shall Know Our Velocity", Eggers is also the editor of the literary journal "McSweeney's". 'Read Dave Eggers' "What Is The What" - it's the best book of the year' "Guardian"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin / Penguin Books UK
• new edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780141015743
• ISBN-10: 0141015748
• Artikelnr.: 23534231

Autorenporträt

Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix Médicis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world, and of ScholarMatch, which connects donors with students to make college accessible. He is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and is the cofounder of Voice of Witness, a book series that illuminates human rights crises through oral history. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter. His work has been translated into forty- two languages. www.Internationalcongressofyouthvoices.org www.826valencia.org www.scholarmatch.org www.voiceofwitness.org www.valentinoachakdeng.org www.mcsweeneys.net www.daveeggers.net

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Rezensionen

Read Dave Eggers' What is the What - it's the best book of the year Guardian