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The Boat
Nam Le
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Description for The Boat
Paperback.
In this dazzling collection, Nam Le takes us across the globe as he enters the hearts and minds of characters from all over the world. Whether it's the story of fourteen-year-old Juan, a hit man in Colombia; an ageing painter in New York mourning the death of his much-younger lover; or a young refugee fleeing Vietnam, crammed in the ship's hold with two hundred others, the result is unexpectedly moving and powerful.
This is an extraordinary work of fiction that takes us to the heart of what it means to be human.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786898630
SKU
9781786898630
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Nam Le
Nam Le was born in Vietnam and raised in Australia. He has received the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Pushcart Prize and the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award, and fellowships from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and Phillips Exeter Academy. His fiction has been appeared in Best Australian Stories, Best New American Voices, A Public Space, NPR's Selected Shorts and more. namleonline.com
Reviews for The Boat
The short story collection is constantly on the endangered list, but this stunning collection . . . shows that it is alive and in the best of health
The Times
A superb collection, brimming with humour and compassion
Daily Telegraph
Nam Le's lyricism and emotional urgency lend his portraits enormous visceral power . . . A remarkable collection
New York Times
Each voice is achingly present and authentic . . . ['Halflead Bay'] is as good as anything Tim Winton has produced about Australian society
Guardian
A breathtakingly assured collection of stories - powerful, moving, unsparingly honest - exhibiting a narrative confidence and range that is as remarkable as it is mature. A tremendous debut
WILLIAM BOYD An assured and tremendously readable collection from a young writer with rare scope and strength
Observer
These are people on the edge, and Nam's prose captures their desperation . . . bold and worthwhile. Memoirists should stick to what they know; the point of literature is to expand the limits of the world
Aravind Adiga
Financial Times
Le has the ability to hit notes of real emotional intensity
Hari Kunzru
Scotsman
A promising and fiercely talented writer
Telegraph
Wonderful stories that snarl and pant across our crazed world . . . an extraordinary performance by a fine new talent. Nam Le is a heartbreaker, not easily forgotten
JUNOT DIAZ
The Times
A superb collection, brimming with humour and compassion
Daily Telegraph
Nam Le's lyricism and emotional urgency lend his portraits enormous visceral power . . . A remarkable collection
New York Times
Each voice is achingly present and authentic . . . ['Halflead Bay'] is as good as anything Tim Winton has produced about Australian society
Guardian
A breathtakingly assured collection of stories - powerful, moving, unsparingly honest - exhibiting a narrative confidence and range that is as remarkable as it is mature. A tremendous debut
WILLIAM BOYD An assured and tremendously readable collection from a young writer with rare scope and strength
Observer
These are people on the edge, and Nam's prose captures their desperation . . . bold and worthwhile. Memoirists should stick to what they know; the point of literature is to expand the limits of the world
Aravind Adiga
Financial Times
Le has the ability to hit notes of real emotional intensity
Hari Kunzru
Scotsman
A promising and fiercely talented writer
Telegraph
Wonderful stories that snarl and pant across our crazed world . . . an extraordinary performance by a fine new talent. Nam Le is a heartbreaker, not easily forgotten
JUNOT DIAZ