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The boat

Author: Nam Le
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary: Stories 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.
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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nam Le
ISBN: 9780307268082 030726808X 9780307388193 0307388190
OCLC Number: 173367525
Description: [272] p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat -- Acknowledgments.
Responsibility: Nam Le.

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Stories 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.

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