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The Boat
by LE, Nam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine,/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1926428013
- ISBN 13
- 9781926428017
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Camberwell: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Group Australia, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A very neat bright copy. Second iimpression. Octavo in publisher's maroon boards with white titles to spine, 313 pages. In 1979 Nam Le's family left Vietnam seeking a new llife. Slight age-toning to paper stock. These seven stories demonstrate Nam Le's extraordinary range of vision and moral courage. Signed by author on title page.
Synopsis
The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection The Boat take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea. They guide us to the heart of what it means to be human -- and herald the arrival of a remarkable new writer.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709311
- Title
- The Boat
- Author
- LE, Nam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine,
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1926428013
- ISBN 13
- 9781926428017
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Group Australia
- Place of Publication
- Camberwell
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- VIETNAM REFUGEES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Fine
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