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Le takes in an impressive range of character and setting: the title story is a harrowing account of what it's like to be 10 days adrift in a boat designed for 15 passengers with 200 refugees on...
1 maj 2008 · Seven stories, including a couple of prizewinners, from an exuberantly talented young Thai-American writer. In the poignant title story, a young man accompanies his mother to Kok Lukmak, the last in the chain of Andaman Islands—where the two can behave like “farangs,” or foreigners, for once.
8 cze 2008 · “The Boat” is transparently a product of the increasingly formalized milieu in which American writers train a well-wrought collection that, in its acute self-consciousness, trails a telltale ...
13 maj 2008 · Brilliant, daring, and demonstrating a jaw-dropping versatility of voice and point of view, The Boat is an extraordinary work of fiction that takes us to the heart of what it means to be human, and announces a writer of astonishing gifts.
13 maj 2008 · Read 825 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection take us across the globe, guiding us to…
27 sie 2024 · With The Boat, Nam Le defeats time, hollowness and cliché in each story, earning him the right to reap sheaves, buckets, reservoirs of generous, unabashed praise." (Click logo on left for full review.)
Whether Nam Le is conjuring the story of 14-year-old Juan, a hit man in Colombia; or an aging painter mourning the death of his much-younger lover; or a young refugee fleeing Vietnam, crammed in the ship's hold with 200 others, the result is unexpectedly moving and powerful.
