The Brothers K by David James Duncan Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Brothers K
Book Review: A great book
Summary: 5 Stars
this was a required reading for one of my classes in high school. I found out then that I just had to have it for my own. I would recommend this book to anyone if they like baseball, religion, or family values. Its a great read and will want you wanting more of it.Book Review: A must-read title for anyone who grew up in the 1960s
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a sympathetic, yet objective portrayal of the coming-of-age of four brothers in the 1960s: a G.I. who volunteered for Vietnam, a yippie activist, a convert to Hinduism and their awkward, introverted youngest brother. I especially recommend it for anyone who grew up in that turbulent era.Book Review: A stunning yarn that will change your life.
Summary: 5 Stars
Family, religion, politics in the 1960s Pacific Northwest all told through the prism of baseball. Positively brilliant! Compelling! Dazzling! Characters you'll never forget. I haven't worked in a bookshop in a decade, yet in the last three years I sold 37 copies of this for my local independent store JUST by proselytizing. Read this book.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.Book Review: Absolutely the Best Book Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
David James Duncan is the greatest storyteller of
our time. He weaves together life events with the
inner workings of the mind and heart so well that
you don't know how absorbed you really are until
you've finished and realize you MISS these people. The arguments, the tragedies, the triumphs and the day to day trudge to work make you love these people as your own family. My brother-in-law is Irwin. My friend Josh is Peter. Am I Kincaid? Was my Aunt June Mama? This is truly the most absorbing story of a family I have ever read. It is a must-read in my book. Oh yea, and there's baseball in there too, for all you fans out there.