![]() ![]() ![]() With shimmering prose and mesmerizing precision, David Chariandy takes us inside the lives of Michael and Francis. Publisher’s Summary: An intensely beautiful, searingly powerful, tightly constructed novel, Brother explores questions of masculinity, family, race, and identity as they are played out in a Scarborough housing complex during the sweltering heat and simmering violence of the summer of 1991. ![]() This week’s New Title Tuesday choice is just as Lauren Bufferd described in her BookPage review: “poetic without being sentimental and heartbreaking without being manipulative.” So when I come across a beautifully written book such as Brotherby David Chariandy, I want to share it with everyone. ![]() Reading about the lives of others teaches us empathy and expands our understanding of culture and ethnicity. ![]()
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