The Brothers K
by David James Duncan
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Author: David James DuncanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-06-01
ISBN: 055337849X
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
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Book Review: A unique, heart-rending family saga of "baby boom" vintage.
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Brothers K" begins and ends with images of a father, in
an easy chair, with a young child on his lap. In the nearly
twenty-five years between these images, we follow the Kincaid
family through the sixties and seventies -- baseball,
religion, war, and radical politics all taking their toll on
the family. But these factors also give the Kincaids their
identity as individuals and as family, leading them through
harsh and difficult times into an experience of new hope. So
much of this fine, funny, and ambitious novel rings true emotionally
that the occasional lapses (the too-contrived -- but clever
and entertaining -- rescue of Irwin, for example) are hardly worth
quibbling about. "The Brothers K" is a worthy attempt at
making sense of American "identity" in the wake of Vietnam,
the radical sixties, fundamentalism, and the designated
hitter. This new edition, apparently meant as a companion to
Duncan's latest, "River Teeth," will perhaps get the novel
the attention it has deserved since its publication in 1992.
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