Brother
Chariandy, David John, 1969-2019
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Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants. Coming of age in the outskirts of a sprawling city, the brothers battle against careless prejudices and low expectations. While Francis aspires to a future in music, Michael dreams of Aisha, the smartest girl in their school, whose eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. But one sweltering summer night the hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably cut short. In this timely and essential novel, David Chariandy builds a quietly devastating story about the love between a mother and her sons, the impact of race, masculinity and the senseless loss of young lives.
Main title:
Brother / David Chariandy.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
180 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017.
Awards:
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize 2018; Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2017; Toronto Book Award 2018
ISBN:
9781408897287 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6F
LC class:
PR9199.4.C478
Local class:
FT PbkF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2444174