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Out of Exile

Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan

Out of Exile( )
Editor: Walzer, Craig
Foreword by: Eggers, Dave
Deng, Valentino Achak
Series title:Voice of Witness Ser.
ISBN:978-1-934781-28-9
Publication Date:Sep 2009
Publisher:McSweeney's Publishing
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

Millions of people have fled from conflicts and persecution in all parts of this Northeast African country, and many thousands more have been enslaved as human spoils of war. In this book, refugees and abductees recount their escapes from the wars in Darfur and South Sudan, from political and religious persecution, and from abduction by paramilitary groups. In their own words, they recount life before their displacement and the reasons for their flight. They describe life in the major...
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Book Details
Pages:390
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Refugees
Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness
Social Science / Sociology / General
Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 21.59 x 2.311 cm
Book Weight:0.511 Kilograms
Author Biography
(Editor)
Dave Eggers was born on March 12th, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois when he was a child. Eggers attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, until his parents' deaths in 1991 and 1992. The loss left him responsible for his eight-year-old brother and later became the inspiration for his highly acclaimed memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Published in 2000, the memoir was nominated for a nonfiction Pulitzer the following year.

Eggers edits the popular "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" published annually. In 1998, he founded the independent publishing house, McSweeney's which publishes a variety of magazines and literary journals. Eggers has also opened several nonprofit writing centers for high school students across the United States.

Eggers has written several novels and his title, A Hologram for the King, was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. His most recent work of fiction, entitled The Circle, was published in 2013. His recent nonfiction books are The Monk of Mokha (January 2018) and What Can a Citizen Do? (Illustrated by Shawn Harris)(September 2018).

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