The boat

By Nam Le Nam Le

Subjects: Short stories, Australian Short stories, Australian fiction, Short Stories, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)

Description: The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection The Boat take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea. They guide us to the heart of what it means to be human -- and herald the arrival of a remarkable new writer.From the Trade Paperback edition.