$29.95 (Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton / ISBN:9781926428017)
The Boat: Limited Hardcover Edition
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 Columbia; 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, the make up a collection of astonishing diversity and achievement.
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The Boat: Limited Hardcover Edition
$29.95 (Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton )
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 ... More »
Farther Shore
$28.00 (Paperback book / Milkweed Editions 430 First Ave N. Minneapolis Mn 55401 1743 )
In his unforgettable debut novel, Matthew Eck puts readers inside the mind of a confused young soldier caught in the fog of unexpected warfare. A small unit of soldiers from the U.S. Army is separated from their command ... More »
All The Sad Young Literary Men
$34.95 (Trade paperback / Heinemann )
A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century, All the Sad Young Literary Men charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith, as they overthink their college years, underthink t... More »
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One More Year
$40.00 (Hardcover book / Delta Dell )
Krasikov's debut collection features stories of people who hold out hope, despite the odds, that life will be kind to them. The characters look to love to repair their lives, and when love isn't really there, they attemp... More »
Last Last Chance
$45.00 (Hardcover book / Henry Holt & Company )
Last Last Chance Fiona Maazel's first novel, is one of the most distinctive debuts of recent years: a rollicking comic tale about (in no particular order) plague, narcotics recovery, and reincarnation.
A lethal strain of... More »
Nam Le
The Boat: Limited Hardcover Edition
$29.95 (Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton )
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 ... More »