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Books : What Is the What
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: What Is the What
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by: Dave Eggers
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780141034027
Format: Import
ISBN: 0141034025
Label: Penguin Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: October 04, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 3761459
Studio: Penguin Books Ltd



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Heartbreakingly brilliant book
I will add my voice to the many who have gone before me to praise this incredible work. It will rock your world and only the most jaded can come away unchanged. As one who works with refugees from Asia and Africa, I was deeply moved by the poignant narrative and the undaunted courage of this boy who became a man against odds of unspeakable suffering and tragedy. The subject is handled with great skill, grace, and even humor, always appropriate. Without the occasionaly slight comic relief, the book might just be impossible to finish: it would be too painful. This beautifully constructed book is an "as told to" autobiography that reads like a page-turning novel. I couldn't recommend it more highly.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What is a What
The book arrived in time and was in very good condition. What a read!!! Makes me count my blessings, what those poor Sudanese boys went through, even after they were here in the U.S.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Cattle or the What?
A Sudanese version of the Boat People. Instead of pirates, you have the gruesome attacks of militias, lions, malaria. Instead of a sea of sea and malnourished Asian/Mexican heads, a sea of starving children (amongst them, the Lost Boys), civilians, and boys/men with fancy guns on the dessicated landscape of Sudan, Ethiopia.

The book is powerful because it carries a violent voice of honesty. It shatters one's concept of stability and security. I find the various names of Valentino engaging. Also, Zone Eight is riveting and haunting. It also attacks the issue of being in limbo, being stagnant as refugees, which I believe represents all aspect of human existence, regardless of where you reside, on the wealthiest corner of the earth, or the most impoverished.

I highly recommend the book because it opens the eyes of those who are blind to the suffering of others. Awareness is a wonderful medicine ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What is the What
The end of the year is an appropriate time to review the books that we have read and to evaluate whether or not a particular book has made a significant impact on us. What is the What is truly one of the genuinely important books that came into my hands this year. I have read many books on many different topics that have pleased and entertained. What is the What is the book that stands out as a must read for every person. We can no longer close our eyes and our ears to the tragedies that confront large numbers of people in our world. What is the What will challenge, inspire and awaken us to what it means to be human.




 

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