{"product_id":"brother-paperback","title":"Brother - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Chariandy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow an acclaimed film directed by Clement Virgo and starring Lamar Johnson, and Aaron Pierre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life.\" --Marlon James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eHighly recommend \u003ci\u003eBrother\u003c\/i\u003e by David Chariandy--concise and intense, elegiac short novel of devastation and hope\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e --Joyce Carol Oates, via Twitter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER--Toronto Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER--Rogers' Writers' Trust Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER--Ethel Wilson Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn luminous, incisive prose, a startling new literary talent explores masculinity, race, and sexuality against a backdrop of simmering violence during the summer of 1991.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne sweltering summer in the Park, a housing complex outside of Toronto, Michael and Francis are coming of age and learning to stomach the careless prejudices and low expectations that confront them as young men of black and brown ancestry. While their Trinidadian single mother works double, sometimes triple shifts so her boys might fulfill the elusive promise of their adopted home, Francis helps the days pass by inventing games and challenges, bringing Michael to his crew's barbershop hangout, and leading escapes into the cool air of the Rouge Valley, a scar of green wilderness where they are free to imagine better lives for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePropelled by the beats and styles of hip hop, Francis dreams of a future in music. Michael's dreams are of Aisha, the smartest girl in their high school whose own eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. But the bright hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably thwarted by a tragic shooting, and the police crackdown and suffocating suspicion that follow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHonest and insightful in its portrayal of kinship, community, and lives cut short, David Chariandy's \u003ci\u003eBrother \u003c\/i\u003eis an emotional tour de force that marks the arrival of a stunning new literary voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Chariandy\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eI've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eSoucouyant\u003c\/i\u003e, which received nominations from eleven literary awards juries, and \u003ci\u003eBrother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the Toronto Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770413383968,"sku":"9781635573541","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00bea9b4239c8c8ffe27e743138337a5.webp?v=1780371147","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/brother-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}