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 remarkab
The Boat
โ Scribed by Jim Markson
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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