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008 280808s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a2007037820
020 _a9780307268082
050 0 0 _aPR9619.4.L398
_bB63 2008
082 0 0 _aSC LE
100 1 _aLe, Nam, 1979-
245 1 4 _aThe boat
_c/ Nam Le
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Alfred A. Knopf
_c, 2008.
300 _a[272] p.
_c; 22 cm.
500 _a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
505 0 _aLove and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat.
520 _aStories 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.
655 7 _aShort stories
942 _cMO
999 _c229654
_d229654