01164cam a2200277 4500 365828810 TxAuBib 20150130120000.0 070924s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007037820 9780307268082 $22.95 030726808X $22.95 9780307388193 0307388190 (OCoLC)173367525 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG ILC TxAuBib Le, Nam, 1979- Boat / Nam Le. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. 271 p. ; 22 cm. Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat. Stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea-- while taking us to the heart of what is means to be human. 20150130. BT/rvl.