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U.S. publisher (Alfred A Knopf): A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa City; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea, in a masterful display of literary virtuosity and feeling. In the magnificent opening story, "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice," a young writer is urged by his friends to mine his father's experiences in Vietnam — and what seems at first a satire on turning one's life into literary commerce becomes a transcendent exploration of homeland, and the ties between father and son. "Cartagena" provides a visceral glimpse of life in Colombia as it enters the mind of a fourteen-year-old hit man facing the ultimate test. In "Meeting Elise" an aging New York painter mourns his body's decline as he prepares to meet his daughter on the eve of her Carnegie Hall debut. And with graceful symmetry, the final, title story returns to Vietnam, to a fishing trawler crowded with refugees where a young woman's bond with a mother and her small son forces both women to a shattering decision. 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.
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Bond Street Books (Canada) |
Penguin (Australia/N.Z.) |
Canongate (U.K.) |
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Ullstein Buchverlage (Germany) |
De Bezige Bij (Netherlands) |
Penguin (Australia/N.Z.) |
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Guanda (Italy) |
Vintage (U.S.A. & Canada) |
EIJI21 (Korea) |
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Like Publishing Ltd (Finland) |
Miskal Publishers (Israel) |
Albin Michel (France) |
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Shinchosha (Japan) |
Natur & Kultur (Sweden)
Translator: Ylva Mörk |
Random House Mondadori (World Spanish rights) |
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Nha Nam (Vietnam) |
Le Livre du Poche (France) |
Algoritam (Croatia) |
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Penguin (Australia/N.Z.) |
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag (Norway) |
Sanhui Books (China) |
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Louis Braille Audio (Australia/N.Z.) |
Recorded Books (U.S.A.) |
Vision Australia (Australia/N.Z.) |
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EasyRead(Australia/N.Z.) |
Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice (E-Book) |
Cartagena (E-Book) |
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