A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of colombia to the streets of tehran; from New York city to iowa city; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering ves...A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of colombia to the streets of tehran; from New York city to iowa city; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the south China sea, in a masterly display of literary virtuosity and feeling.