| Brothers Contributor(s): Chen, Da (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400097290 ISBN-13: 9781400097296 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: A sweeping family saga, "Brothers" follows the parallel paths of two brothers born to different mothers. Da Chen paints a mesmerizing portrait of their lives, of their desperate love for the same woman, and of China during the cultural revolution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Asian American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.73" W x 8" (0.73 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 111318 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the height of China's Cultural Revolution a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the general's wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the general's mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in the mountains of Balan only moments after delivering her child. Growing up, each remained ignorant of the other's existence. In Beijing, Tan enjoyed the best schools, the finest clothes, and the prettiest girls. Shento was raised on the mountainside by an old healer and his wife until their deaths landed him in an orphanage, where he was always hungry, alone, and frightened. Though on divergent roads, each brother is driven by a passionate desire--one to glorify his father, the other to seek revenge against him. Separated by distance and opportunity, Tan and Shento follow the paths that lie before them, while unknowingly falling in love with the same woman and moving toward the explosive moment when their fates finally merge. Brothers, by bestselling memoirist Da Chen, is a sprawling, dynamic family saga, complete with assassinations, love affairs, narrowly missed opportunities, and the ineluctable fulfillment of destiny. |