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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "These poignant stories spread out like blood from a gash....This book is like a big brother reminding you of what is important in life. It will make you want to pick up the phone and call out: Brother, where art thou?" -- The Boston Globe " Brothers reminds us that the similarities brothers find so infuriating in their youth ultimately yield to a kind of comfort and consolation they won't find anywhere else. They've been through the trenches together and shed the same blood. Who else but a brother can understand that?" -- The Los Angeles Times "An endlessly fascinating book. [Brothers] will quite likely appeal to readers in their parental roles, to women with brothers, and just about everybody else in one manner or another." -- The Denver Post "Watch the boys in this rich anthology battle and booze, worship, envy, argue, and die, and try not to think of your own brother." -- Playboy "This intimate collection offers rare insight into brothers' sometimes chummy, often complex relationships with one another. A compelling read that sheds new light on a relationship that is as old as the Bible, yet often overlooked." -- The Daily Beast "Frank McCourt's rollicking essay detailing each of his brothers' strengths and weaknesses is a fitting introduction to literary agent Blauner's assortment of sibling ruminations. An accomplished paean to brotherly love." -- Kirkus Reviews Zusammenfassung "The next best thing to not having 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Frank Mccourt foreword xi Benjamin Cheever and Fred Cheever civil war 1 David Kaczynski missing parts 15 David Maraniss the sensations of jim 31 Phillip Lopate my brother, life (with apologies to pasternak) 41 Mikal Gilmore secrets and bones 49 Richard Ford we were men 59 Ethan Canin american beauty 65 John Edgar Wideman doing time 85 Chris Bohjalian my brother's a keeper 91 Daniel Menaker headlock 97 Pete Hamill a drinking life 113 David Sedaris you can't kill the rooster 117 Geoffrey Wolff heavy lifting 125 Tobias Wolff a brother's story 141 Charles D'Ambrosio documents 149 Jim Shepard get away from me 157 James Hurst the scarlet ibis 167 Steven V. Roberts the roberts boys 173 Dominick Dunne a death in the family 183 Floyd Skloot jambon dreams 195 Jay Neugeboren imagining robert 209 Herbert Gold king of the cleveland beatniks 221 Gregory Orr the accident 231 Jerald Walker sacraments of reconciliation 243 Darin Strauss chang and eng 251 Nathaniel Rich and Simon Rich brothers on brotherhood 257 About The Editor And Contributors 263 Acknowledgments 269 Sources And Permissions 271 ...
