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y separately published work icon The Boat selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Boat
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Hamish Hamilton , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice, Nam Le , single work short story

'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.)

 (p. 1-30)
Cartagena, Nam Le , single work short story (p. 31-75)
Meeting Elise, Nam Le , Nam Le , single work short story (p. 76-105)
Halflead Bay, Nam Le , single work short story (p. 106-185)
Hiroshima, Nam Le , single work short story

A young girl in war-time Hiroshima tries to repress her loneliness and longing for her family by clinging to nationalist propaganda.

 (p. 186-203)
Tehran Calling, Nam Le , single work short story (p. 204-263)
The Boat, Nam Le , single work short story (p. 264-313)
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