What Is the What

  • What Is the What, written by Dave Eggers, blends non-fiction and fiction to tell the story of Sudanese refugee, Valentino Achak Deng.
  • Plot Synopsis

    What Is the What is the story of Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng and the turn of events leading from the start of the Second Sudanese Civil War to becoming one of the Lost boys of Sudan.

  • Critical Reception

    "Achak's personal testimony, whether in reality or in fiction—the tale of his walk; his constant hunger; his sense of helplessness when a boy is pulled out of line in front of him by a lion and eaten in the tall grass; his horror as he watches starving boys, many of them totally naked, tearing the flesh of a dead elephant into strips to carry away and eat; the blood trickling down their faces—is what brings the story alive". Caroline Moorehead, Slate

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