The Brothers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780374141189)

Introducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters.

Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, The Brothers is the story of identical twins, Yaqub and Omar, whose mutual jealousy is offset only by their love for their mother. But it is Omar who is the object of Zana's Jocasta-like passion, while her husband, Halim, feels her slipping away from him, as their beautiful daughter, RGnia, makes a tragic claim on her brothers' affection.

Vivid, exotic, and lushly atmospheric, The Brothers is the story of a family's disintegration, of a changing city and the culture clash between the native-born inhabitants and a new immigrant group, and of the future the next generation will make from the ruins.

Author: Milton Hatoum
ISBN-10: 0374141185
ISBN-13: 9780374141189
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2002
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/29/2002 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2002 pg. 702
Booklist 06/01/2002 pg. 1683
Library Journal 08/01/2002 pg. 142
Multicultural Review 12/01/2002 pg. 68
Library Journal 08/12/2002