A review of “The Boat” by Le Nam. Nam Le’s novella “The Boat” (Le) captures the pain and anguish of a group of people seeking to transform their life. The book is an anthology of stories and novellas covering a range of topics concerning the human condition (Bullock). The author captures the wide assortment of emotive and expressive human conditions through an analysis of honour and pride with the comparison of these uniquely human tendencies against those of love, duty and compassion and in how sacrifice transcends generations.