My Brother's Passion
In this small gem of a novel, a thoughtful boy on the lip of adolescence struggles to make sense of the evil that resides in his small town. Told with brilliant, lyric push, this tale reveals the unconscious rush that childhood is, that nagging dream that still persists because it means something to the heart. At twelve, this boy floats quietly through his world, voyeur to the complexities that both bind and tear his seemingly placid community. He follows his father, a staunch Baptist, when he joins a strike at the town's one plant, follows his mother, an Asian war bride, who wants most it seems to erase herself, tracks the mystery of a young…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5040-2849-3
- EAN: 9781504028493
- Produktnummer: 19634475
- Verlag: The Permanent Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
D. James Smith lives in California, where he studied with poet Philip Levine. A recipient of a fellowship in creative writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, his work appears frequently in literary magazines, most recently, The Amherst Review, New Millennium Writings, the Notre Dame Review, and Stand. His previous books include a collection of poems, Prayers for the Dead Ventriloquist, and an adult novel, My Brother’s Passion. His novels for younger readers are Fast Company and his first book, The Boys of San Joaquin.
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