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false <![CDATA[The Boat]]> 2599523 9 A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa City; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea, in a masterly display of literary virtuosity and feeling. In the magnificent opening story, "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice," a young writer is urged by his friends to mine his father's experiences in Vietnam -- and what seems at first a satire of turning one's life into literary commerce becomes a transcendent exploration of homeland, and the ties between father and son. "Cartagena" provides a visceral glimpse of life in Colombia as it enters the mind of a fourteen-year-old hit man facing the ultimate test. In "Meeting Elise," an aging New York painter mourns his body's decline as he prepares to meet his daughter on the eve of her Carnegie Hall debut. And with graceful symmetry, the final, title story returns to Vietnam, to a fishing trawler crowded with refugees, where a young woman's bond with a mother and her small son forces both women to a shattering decision. Brilliant, daring, and demonstrating a jaw-dropping versatility of voice and point of view, The Boat is an extraordinary work of fiction that takes us to the heart of what it means to be human, and announces a writer of astonishing gifts. 2810908 book 13 5 2008 The Boat total:658|5:131|4:271|3:179|2:59|1:18| 658 2412 1473 223 1 6 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 07:27:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 08:14:24 -0700 2008
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This quote is planted square in the middle of Nam Le's opening story, a metafictional conceit that allows...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 07:05:19 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 06:04:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 18:45:01 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 12 12:19:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Aug 08 08:24:13 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:10:59 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:24:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 17 10:00:01 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 18:18:59 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 10:00:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 15:40:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 13:42:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 12:49:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 12:50:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 10 22:07:03 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 22:23:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 13:09:42 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 18:54:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:36:18 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:46:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 21:20:18 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 21:20:51 -0700 2009
Graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Le has written...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 07:19:52 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 07:25:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:56:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:56:23 -0800 2009 With this debut collection, Le has become the new literary darling. Every critic marveled at this powerful new voice in fiction, a young writer whose characters are so emotionally and psychologically rich that they simply transported reviewers to new worlds and eras. Le's remarkable range of charact...

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"The Boat" is one of the most moving, well-written collections of short stories I've ever read. It's a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 09:58:19 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:12:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2599523