The Resource The boat, Nam Le
The boat, Nam Le
Resource Information
The item The boat, Nam Le represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The boat, Nam Le represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 272 unnumbered pages
- Contents
-
- Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice
- Cartagena
- Meeting Elise
- Halflead Bay
- Hiroshima
- Tehran calling
- The boat
- Isbn
- 9780307268082
- Label
- The boat
- Title
- The boat
- Statement of responsibility
- Nam Le
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
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- Australian Book Industry Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2009.
- Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers, 2010.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2008.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2008
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Book of the Year, 2009.
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction, 2009.
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award for an Australian Short Story Collection, 2009.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 238069
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Le, Nam
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.4.L398
- LC item number
- B63 2008
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Interpersonal relations
- Label
- The boat, Nam Le
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat
- Control code
- 663756
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 272 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780307268082
- Lccn
- 2007037820
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307268082
- (OCoLC)173367525
- Label
- The boat, Nam Le
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice -- Cartagena -- Meeting Elise -- Halflead Bay -- Hiroshima -- Tehran calling -- The boat
- Control code
- 663756
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 272 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780307268082
- Lccn
- 2007037820
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307268082
- (OCoLC)173367525
Subject
Included in
- trueKathleen Mitchell Award (Australia)
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year
- trueAustralian Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2008
- trueQueensland Premier's Literary Awards: Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award for an Australian Short Story Collection
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2008
- trueNSW Premier's Literary Awards: Book of the Year
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2009.
- Award
- Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers, 2010.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2008.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2008
- Award
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Book of the Year, 2009.
- Award
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction, 2009.
- Award
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award for an Australian Short Story Collection, 2009.
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