The Boat |
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| Author:
| Le, Nam |
| Narrated by:
| Milte, Cate |
| ISBN: | 978-1-74212-800-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Louis Braille Audio
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| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | AUD $112.85 |
Book Description:
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In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in THE BOAT. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world. 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...
More DescriptionIn 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in THE BOAT. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world. 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.