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'A young Vietnamese-Australian named Nam, in his final year at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, is trying to find his voice on the page. When his father, a man with a painful past, comes to visit, Nam's writing and sense of self are both deeply changed.
'Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice is a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat.' (From the publisher's website, 2012 Penguin publication.)
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The title derives from advice given by American novelist William Faulkner, mentioned in the story: 'he said we should write about the old verities. Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice' (9).
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Structure in Nom Le's 'Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice'
2021
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— Appears in: Reading Like an Australian Writer 2021; -
Finding a Home in Fiction
2009
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 October 2009; (p. 14)
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Finding a Home in Fiction
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 October 2009; (p. 14) -
Structure in Nom Le's 'Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice'
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Like an Australian Writer 2021;
Last amended 7 May 2012 11:01:43
Subjects:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
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cVietnam,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
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Iowa,
cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
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