The boat
Le, Nam, 1979-
The boat / Nam Le - 1st ed - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2008. - [272] p. ; 22 cm.
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat.
Stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea-- while taking us to the heart of what is means to be human.
9780307268082
2007037820
Short stories
PR9619.4.L398 / B63 2008
SC LE
The boat / Nam Le - 1st ed - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2008. - [272] p. ; 22 cm.
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat.
Stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea-- while taking us to the heart of what is means to be human.
9780307268082
2007037820
Short stories
PR9619.4.L398 / B63 2008
SC LE