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Confronting the Real

In the final story “The Boat” in Nam Le’s collection of the same name, Mai is adrift in a grossly over-crowded boat of refugees fleeing Vietnam. With no food, a dwindling water supply, scant shade and amidst inhuman (or all too human) squalor, Mai re...more...]]> 2599523 030726808X 9780307268082 665 222 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2599523.The_Boat 4 0 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...]]> 2599523 030726808X 9780307268082 665 222 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2599523.The_Boat 3 2 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...]]> 2599523 030726808X 9780307268082 665 222 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2599523.The_Boat 5 1 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...]]> 2599523 030726808X 9780307268082 665 222 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2599523.The_Boat 0 0 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...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7008766