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The Brothers K

David James Duncan

Nominee:Oregon Book Awards -Fiction (1993)
Finally in trade paperback, complementing Bantam's new release of "River Teeth" and our consistently bestselling edition of "The River Why," here is "The Brothers K," a lyrical and lovely novel of family.

"The pages of "The Brothers K sparkle!"-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"Duncan is a wonderfully engaging writer."-- "Los Angeles Times"

Book Details

  • Publisher: Dial Press
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 1996
  • Pages: 656
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.32in - 1.47in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9780553378498
  • Categories: Family Life - GeneralSportsLiterary

About the Author

David James Duncan is the author of The River Why, which won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award in 1983, and River Teeth, a collection of stories and writings. He lives with his wife, the sculptor Adrian Arleo, and family, in Western Montana where he is at work on his next novel.

Praise for this book

"The pages of The Brothers K sparkle."--The New York Times Book Review

"Duncan is a wonderfully engaging writer."--Los Angeles Times

"This ambitious book succeeds on almost every level and every page."--USA Today

"Duncan's prose is a blend of lyrical rhapsody, sassy hyperbole and all-American vernacular."--San Francisco Chronicle

"The Brothers K affords the . . . deep pleasures of novels that exhaustively create, and alter, complex worlds. . . . One always senses an enthusiastic and abundantly talented and versatile writer at work."--The Washington Post Book World

"Duncan . . . tells the larger story of an entire popular culture struggling to redefine itself--something he does with the comic excitement and depth of feeling one expects from Tom Robbins."--Chicago Tribune