-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.
'A fearless new Australian voice that accepts no geographical limits- these are stories of leaping power and the most breath-taking grace and intimacy.' Helen Garner 'Wonderful stories that snarl and pant across our crazed world . . . an extraordinary performance. Nam Le is a heartbreaker, not easily forgotten.' Junot Diaz 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 absorbing and fully realised as a novel. Together, they make up a collection of astonishing diversity and achievement.
Winner 2009 Australian Book Industry
Awards for Newcomer of the Year
Winner 2009 SMH Young Novelist Prize for
Writing for Young Adults
Winner 2009 Melbourne Prize for
Literature for Best Writing Award
Winner 2009 QLD Premier's Literary Award
for Australian Short Story Collection
Winner 2009 NSW Premier's Awards for New
Writing and Book of the Year
Winner 2009 Dylan Thomas Prize for
Fiction
Winner 2009 Prime Minister's Literary
Award for Fiction
Winner 2010 Kathleen Mitchell Award Prize
for Writing for Young Adults
By:
Nam Le Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 294g ISBN:9780143009610 ISBN 10: 0143009613 Pages: 336 Publication Date:02 March 2009 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Short-listed for Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award - Booksellers' Choice 2009
Shortlisted for Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award - Booksellers' Choice 2009.
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Book of the Year 2009
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Book of the Year 2009.
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Awards: UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing 2009
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Awards: UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing 2009.
