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The Brothers K

by David James Duncan
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The Brothers K
The Brothers K

Family saga meets sixties upheaval; poignant and funny.

If you're intrigued by the complexity of family dynamics against the backdrop of historical change, "The Brothers K" could be a treasure for you. David James Duncan weaves humor with heartfelt emotion in a narrative that's as much about individual journeys as it is about the bonds that knit a family together. It's not just a novel; it's an exploration of dreams, conflicts, and the enduring nature of love through the lens of one unforgettable family.

  • Oregon Book Award Nominee for Fiction (Finalist) (1993)
  • Casey Award Nominee (1992)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Brothers K

by David James Duncan
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ISBN: 9780553378498
Authors: David James Duncan
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Date of Publication: 1996-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics, War
Goodreads rating: 4.39
(rated by 16757 readers)

Description

Duncan took almost 10 years to follow up the publication of his much-praised first novel, The River Why, but this massive second effort is well worth the wait. It is a stunning work: a complex tapestry of family tensions, baseball, politics and religion, by turns hilariously funny and agonizingly sad. Highly inventive formally, the novel is mainly narrated by Kincaid Chance, the youngest son in a family of four boys and identical twin girls, the children of Hugh Chance, a discouraged minor-league ballplayer whose once-promising career was curtained by an industrial accident, and his wife Laura, an increasingly fanatical Seventh-Day Adventist. The plot traces the working-out of the family's fate from the beginning of the Eisenhower years through the traumas of Vietnam.
 

Family saga meets sixties upheaval; poignant and funny.

If you're intrigued by the complexity of family dynamics against the backdrop of historical change, "The Brothers K" could be a treasure for you. David James Duncan weaves humor with heartfelt emotion in a narrative that's as much about individual journeys as it is about the bonds that knit a family together. It's not just a novel; it's an exploration of dreams, conflicts, and the enduring nature of love through the lens of one unforgettable family.

  • Oregon Book Award Nominee for Fiction (Finalist) (1993)
  • Casey Award Nominee (1992)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.