The Boat (short story collection)

The Boat
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort Stories
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf (US)
Publication date
May 13, 2008
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages228
ISBN978-0307268082
OCLC213382533

The Boat is a 2008 collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le. It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam, Tehran, Australia and Hiroshima. It was praised by critics, and the Australian writer of short stories Cate Kennedy said that the collection brought the short story back to the "literary centre stage".