Dave Eggers has created an amalgamation of the Lost Boys of Sudan's experience through the real character Valentino Achak Deng. As you read the book it is hard to imagine that anyone could have lived through even one of the tribulations that Deng experiences never mind the entire story that unfolds in this amazing book . It is a rich narrative that allows you into the pain, despair and endurance that Deng experiences as he crosses the desert, surviving starvation, thirst and man-eating lions on his march to squalid refugee camps and finally his mystifying arrival in Atlanta, GA.As shocking as the trek across the desert is, it is how the Lost Boys deal with their eventual arrival in the US that is most intriguing. The in-fighting and politics are juxtaposed with close personal ties and loss that continue well after their "old" life is left behind.
This book is a must read for anyone who has seen or heard a news report about Sudan or Darfur and thought, "how did this ever happen?"
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment