Brother

"A heartbreaking and profound story about the love that exists between brothers and the senseless loss of lives cut short with the shot of a gun. Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants. Coming of age in The Park, a cluster of houses and towers in the disparaged...

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Main Author: Chariandy, David John, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
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Summary:"A heartbreaking and profound story about the love that exists between brothers and the senseless loss of lives cut short with the shot of a gun. Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants. Coming of age in The Park, a cluster of houses and towers in the disparaged outskirts of a sprawling city, the brothers battle against the careless prejudices and low expectations that confront them on a daily basis. While Francis dreams of a future in music, Michael's dreams are of Aisha, the smartest girl in their school, whose eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. But the bright hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably thwarted by a tragic event."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:First published in 2017 in Canada by McClelland & Stewart.
Physical Description:180 pages : 20 cm
ISBN:1635572045
9781635572049
Author Notes:David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. He is the author of the novels Soucouyant and Brother , and the nonfiction work I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter . In 2019, he won Yale's Windham-Campbell Prize in fiction.