Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice

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.

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Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrificeis a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 20 pages

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