- Contributors: Nam Le.
- Library Holdings Link (Worldcat)
- 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.
- Awards/Recognition:
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2009.
- Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Newcomer and Nominee for Literary Fiction, 2009
- Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction, 2009
- Dylan Thomas Prize, 2008
- Kathleen Mitchell Award, Australia
- Library Journal Best Books, 2008
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, 2009
- New York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry, 2008
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Book of the Year
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award for an Australian Short Story Collection
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2009
- No additional awards known of as of 10/1/2020. Please contact this project's researchers if you are aware of an award not listed.
- Number of Pages: 271
- Recommended Grade Level:
- Publication Year: 2008
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- ISBN: 9780307268082
