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      The Brothers

      by Milton Hatoum
      Published
      Jun 2002
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      288
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      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.

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      First Edition Jun 2002 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374141189 ISBN10 0374141185
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      Mar 2003 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9780747562719 ISBN10 0747562717
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      Jun 2002 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9781429932202 ISBN10 1429932201
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      Jun 2002 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN10 B0057QUTDK
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