Not only was this story Short with Big title but it also delivers such a Punch! The title says it all, this story is all about Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice . I mean how do you fit all that in 20 pages? But Nam Le has definitely done that. This story portrays w...
Okay -- "Halflead Bay" is dazzling, a 5-star story stretched some 50 pages (novellette? novella?) and I wish it had been more. I found myself immersed in the local, its own language and rhythms, the social and familial structures and struggles revealed with a confident, understated narrative struct...
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