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The brother / Rein Raud ; translated from the Estonian by Adam Cullen.
Van Pelt Library PH666.28.A74 V513 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raud, Rein, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Vend. English
- Language:
- English
- Estonian
- Subjects (All):
- Siblings--Fiction.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 118 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2016.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Estonian.
- Summary:
- "The Brother opens with a mysterious stranger arriving in a small town controlled by a group of men--men who recently cheated the stranger's supposed sister out of her inheritance and mother's estate. Resigned to giving up on her dreams and ambitions, Laila took this swindling in stride, something that Brother won't stand for. Soon after his arrival, fortunes change dramatically, enraging this group of powerful men, motivating them to get their revenge on Brother. Meanwhile, a rat-faced paralegal makes it his mission to discover Brother's true identity ... The first novel of Rein Raud's to appear in English, The Brother is, in Raud's own words, a spaghetti western told in poetic prose, simultaneously paying tribute to both Clint Eastwood and Alessandro Baricco. With its well-drawn characters and quick moving plot, it takes on more mythic aspects, lightly touching on philosophical ideas of identity and the ruthless way the world is divided into winners and losers"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781940953441
- 1940953448
- OCLC:
- 938996948
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