Brothers : 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry

Andrew Blauner

ISBN 10: 0470599642 / ISBN 13: 9780470599648

Editore: Wiley Apr 2010, 2010

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Neuware - 'The next best thing tonothaving a brother (as I do not) is to have Brothers.' -Gay Talese Here is a tapestry of stories about the complex and unique relationship that exists between brothers. In this book, some of our finest authors take an unvarnished look at how brothers admire and admonish, revere and revile, connect and compete, love and war with each other. With hearts and minds wide open, and, in some cases, with laugh-out-loud humor, the writers tackle a topic that is as old as the Bible and yet has been, heretofore, overlooked. Contributors range in age from twenty-four to eighty-four, and their stories from comic to tragic. Brothers examines and explores the experiences of love and loyalty and loss, of altruism and anger, of competition and compassion-the confluence of things that conspire to form the unique nature of what it is to be and to have a brother. 'Brother.' One of our eternal and quintessential terms of endearment. Tobias Wolff writes, 'The good luck of having a brother is partly the luck of having stories to tell.' David Kaczynski, brother of 'The Unabomber': 'I'll start with the premise that a brother shows you who you are-and also who you are not. He's an image of the self, at one remove . . . You are a 'we' with your brother before you are a 'we' with any other.' Mikal Gilmore refers to brotherhood as a 'fidelity born of blood.' We've heard that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But where do the apples fall in relation to each other And are we, in fact, our brothers' keepers, after all These stories address those questions and more, and are, like the relationships, full of intimacy and pain, joy and rage, burdens and blessings, humor and humanity.

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• Titolo: Brothers : 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry
• Editore: Wiley Apr 2010
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0470599642
• ISBN 13: 9780470599648
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 16 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 16 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 432 grammi

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Riassunto

"The next best thing to not having a brother (as I donot) is to have Brothers."
—Gay Talese

Here is a tapestry of stories about the complex and uniquerelationship that exists between brothers. In this book, some ofour finest authors take an unvarnished look at how brothers admireand admonish, revere and revile, connect and compete, love and warwith each other. With hearts and minds wide open, and, in somecases, with laugh-out-loud humor, the writers tackle a topic thatis as old as the Bible and yet has been, heretofore,overlooked.

Contributors range in age from twenty-four to eighty-four, andtheir stories from comic to tragic. Brothers examines andexplores the experiences of love and loyalty and loss, of altruismand anger, of competition and compassion—the confluence ofthings that conspire to form the unique nature of what it is to beand to have a brother.

“Brother.” One of our eternal and quintessentialterms of endearment. Tobias Wolff writes, “The good luck ofhaving a brother is partly the luck of having stories totell.” David Kaczynski, brother of “TheUnabomber”: “I’ll start with the premise that abrother shows you who you are—and also who you are not.He’s an image of the self, at one remove . . . You are a‘we’ with your brother before you are a‘we’ with any other.” Mikal Gilmore refers tobrotherhood as a “fidelity born of blood.”

We’ve heard that the apple doesn’t fall far from thetree. But where do the apples fall in relation to each other? Andare we, in fact, our brothers’ keepers, after all?

These stories address those questions and more, and are, likethe relationships, full of intimacy and pain, joy and rage, burdensand blessings, humor and humanity.

Informazioni sull'autore

Andrew Blauner is founder of Blauner Books Literary Agency, editor of COACH: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference, and coeditor of Anatomy of Baseball.