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The Brothers: A Novel

The Brothers: A Novel

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Publication Date: June 6th, 2002
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN:
9780374141189
Pages:
240
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Description

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.

About the Author

Milton Hatoum won Brazil's leading literary award, the Jabuti Prize, in 1990 for his first novel. He is a professor of French literature at the University of Amazonas, and lives in Spo Paulo.

Praise for The Brothers: A Novel

“Desire, jealousy and envy . . . The Brothers deals with universal themes . . . Once you start reading you won't want to stop.” —Mauricio Stycer, Epoca