The Boat

The production quality, art direction, sound design, and every other thoughtful decision that went into crafting this interactive web comic is what pushes this story to 5 stars. I think if I had read this story in a traditional format with just the text, I would have rated it 3 stars, because the sh......more

5★ I was delighted to find this book of well-written short stories by Aussie author Nam Le, who arrived here by boat as a refugee from Vietnam when he was only one. These eight stories are all quite different from each other and Le speaks in many voices from different countries, all believable: Vietn......more

this broke my heart into a billion pieces :))))) first book for asian readathon - read an asian book you can’t relate to (not asian/vietnamese, not a man) 🇻🇳......more

I have to admit, I am still ten pages from finishing this book, but I can't do it anymore! With the exception of the first story, this book bored me to tears. I give it two starts instead of one, because Le is a great writer. At fear of sounding like a literary agent, I will still say that I couldn'......more

"Faulkner, you know," my friend said over the squeals, "he said we should write the old verities. Love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice." This quote is planted square in the middle of Nam Le's opening story, a metafictional conceit that allows the author to address the reader......more