A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa City; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea, in a masterly display of literary virtuosity and feeling. In the magnificent opening story, "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice," a young writer is urged by his friends to mine his father's experiences in Vietnam--and what seems at first a satire of turning one's life into literary commerce becomes a transcendent exploration of homeland, and the ties between father and son. "Cartagena" provides a visceral glimpse of life in Colombia as it enters the mind of a fourteen-year-old hit man facing the ultimate test. In "Meeting Elise," an aging New York painter mourns his body's decline as he prepares to meet his daughter on the eve of her Carnegie Hall debut. And with graceful symmetry, the final, title story returns to Vietnam, to a fishing trawler crowded with refugees, where a young woman's bond with a mother and her small son forces both women to a shattering decision. Brilliant, daring, and demonstrating a jaw-dropping versatility of voice and point of view, "The Boat" is an extraordinary work of fiction that takes us to the heart of what it means to be human, and announces a writer of astonishing gifts.
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评分当年literature要看的。 那个杀手的故事不错，但还是连主人公的名字都想不起来了。第一个故事还记得，但是没什么感触。不太喜欢用ethnic当主题的作家。有种故意博得别人同情的感觉。
评分当年literature要看的。 那个杀手的故事不错，但还是连主人公的名字都想不起来了。第一个故事还记得，但是没什么感触。不太喜欢用ethnic当主题的作家。有种故意博得别人同情的感觉。
评分当年literature要看的。 那个杀手的故事不错，但还是连主人公的名字都想不起来了。第一个故事还记得，但是没什么感触。不太喜欢用ethnic当主题的作家。有种故意博得别人同情的感觉。
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