The Boat
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| Originally published | May 13, 2008 |
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| Authors | Nam Le |
| Publishers | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Page count | 228 |
| Genres | Short Story |
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| ID | 2914024 |
About The Boat
The Boat is a collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le, published in 2008. It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam, Tehran, Australia and Hiroshima.
Two migrants die crossing Channel in small boat
... The Boat was spotted getting into difficulty, with several people in the water, less than a mile from the French coast early on Wednesday afternoon...
'Remarkable' Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at Wiltshire auction
... More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 April 1912, causing The Boat to sink...
Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board The Boat had been rescued by the Border Force...
Levi Davis: Missing rugby player's family say they live in hope
... A search was started but was later called off when no-one from The Boat was found to be missing...
Brixton village: How the 'Oxford Street of South London' evolved
... According to the National Archives, there were 1,027 people on board The Boat, and more than 800 of them gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean...
Nyad: Netflix film follows swimmer who braved sharks and jellyfish
... Sharks, for example, are deterred thanks to a piercing audio signal being sent from The Boat...
River Danube: Ukrainian captain jailed after fatal river tour boat crash
... Seven of the 35 people on board were rescued and several bodies quickly recovered, but others were swept away in the swollen river or trapped inside The Boat...
World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore
... Park The Boat off Singapore, then paddle into Keppel Harbour in collapsible canoes under cover of darkness...
Dozens feared lost as 'smuggling' boat capsizes off Florida
US Coast Guard officials are searching for 39 people who are feared missing after their ship reportedly capsized on Saturday Night off the Florida coast.
Officials were alerted on Tuesday morning after fishermen spotted A Man clinging to the hull of a boat 45 miles (72km) from The City of Fort Pierce .
The Survivor said The Group had embarked from Bimini, Bahamas, on Saturday Night and hit foul weather.
US officials say The Boat may have been part of a " human smuggling venture".
According to The Survivor , who has not been identified, none of The Passengers were wearing life vests.
The Search was being led by the Miami Coast Guard sector using ships and aircrafts, The Agency said on Twitter.
By Tuesday afternoon, no further survivors had been found.
The Island of Bimini is the western-most district of The Bahamas , and is only 80 miles from Miami.
Officials are searching from Bimini to Fort Pierce , an area roughly 135 miles wide.
On Friday, the Coast Guard reported that they had found 88 Haitians in an overloaded ship west of The Bahamas .
" Navigating the Florida Straits , Windward and Mona Passages in overloaded and less than seaworthy passages is Extremely Dangerous and can result in loss of life, " the Coast Guard said in a statement.
" The Coast Guard and our partner agencies will continue to stop these voyages. You will be interdicted and should expect to be returned and repatriated to Your Country of origin. "
Source of news: bbc.com
