01544cam a2200241 4500 1710928059 TxAuBib 20241004120000.0 241004s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780553378498 055337849X TxAuBib Duncan, David James. The Brothers K. New York : Bantam Books, 1996. 646 pages. Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story both striking and in its originality and poignant in its universality. This touching, uplifting novel spans decades of loyalty, anger, regret, and love in the lives of the Chance family. A father whose dreams of glory on a baseball field are shattered by a mill accident. A mother who clings obsessively to religion as a ward against the darkest hour of her past. Four brothers who come of age during the seismic upheavals of the sixties and who each choose their own way to deal with what the world has become. By turns uproariously funny and deeply moving, and beautifully written throughout, The Brothers K is one of the finest chronicles of our lives in many years. 20241004. Modern Classic. Families. Generations. Classic.