Summary:

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the
history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak
Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life
as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of
orphans, to Ethiopia, where he finds safety — for a time. Valentino's
travels, truly Biblical in scope, bring him in contact with
government soldiers, janjaweed-like militias, liberation rebels,
hyenas and lions, disease and starvation — and a string of unexpected
romances. Ultimately, Valentino finds safety in Kenya and, just after
the millennium, is finally resettled in the United States, from where
this novel is narrated. In this book, written with expansive humanity
and surprising humor, we come to understand the nature of the
conflicts in Sudan, the refugee experience in America, the dreams of
the Dinka people, and the challenge one indomitable man faces in a
world collapsing around him.

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Dewey Class: 813 -- Fiction

Book Details:

Physical Description: 386 pages
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2006-10-25

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