The Boat |
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| Author:
| Le, Nam |
| Series title: | Penguin Australian Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-356970-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York artist to a boy coming of age in a small Victorian fishing town; from the city of Hiroshima just before the bomb is dropped to the haunting waste of the South China Sea in the wake of another war. Each story uncovers a raw human truth. Each story is as absorbing and fully realised as a novel. Together, they make up a collection of astonishing diversity and achievement.
The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York artist to a boy coming of age in a small Victorian fishing town; from the city of Hiroshima just before the bomb is dropped to the haunting waste of the South China Sea in the wake of another war. Each story uncovers a raw human truth. Each story is as absorbing and fully realised as a novel. Together, they make up a collection of astonishing diversity and achievement.