What Is the What

What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers.

The life story of Valentino Achak Deng is powerful and follows the Sudanese refugee and member of the Lost Boys of Sudan program.  It is mind blowing at what lengths Deng went to in order to improve his and attempt to save his own life.  While reading the book it is impossible to think that this is merely one of thousands of stories that could have been told. 

Sudan is one of the modern day places where genocide has taken place.   The rest of the world turned its back on the atrocities as they were taken place and only have responded in limited action.  It is hard to think that these horrible  events can take place and the major powers do very little.   Eggers tackled this subject and has succeeded in telling a much needed story.