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Now in paperback, this is the story of the author and his younger brother who were raised by the same parents in the same environment. Today, John is a college professor and an acclaimed novelist, his brother is serving a life sentence for murder. The author searches for an answer to the searing question of why this is so.
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"Like the Russian master [Dostoevsky], Wideman probes the torment of the soul....[He] is fashioning some of the most powerful literature today."--U.S. News and World Report
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Powerful autobiographical soul-searching
John Edgar Wideman and his younger brother, Robby, were raised by the same parents in the same environment - the Black ghetto of Homewood, in Pittsburgh, Pennysylvania. But today, John, a Rhodes Scholar, is a college professor and a highly acclaimed novelist; Robby is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. In Brothers and Keepers, Wideman searches for an answer to the searing question: 'Why Robby there behind bars - why me here?' "One of the best American writers of any generation" Caryl Phillips; "Powerful...guaranteed to shock and sadden" Washington Post
John Edgar Wideman and his younger brother, Robby, were raised by the same parents in the same environment - the Black ghetto of Homewood, in Pittsburgh, Pennysylvania. But today, John, a Rhodes Scholar, is a college professor and a highly acclaimed novelist; Robby is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. In Brothers and Keepers, Wideman searches for an answer to the searing question: 'Why Robby there behind bars - why me here?' "One of the best American writers of any generation" Caryl Phillips; "Powerful...guaranteed to shock and sadden" Washington Post
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0330350315
- ISBN 13 9780330350310
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. "A rare triumph" ( The New York Times Book Review ), this powerful memoir about the divergent paths taken by two brothers is a classic work from one of the greatest figures in American a reflection on John Edgar Wideman's family and his brother's incarceration-a classic that is as relevant now as when originally published in 1984. A "brave and brilliant" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ) portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, the classic John Edgar Wideman memoir, Brothers and Keepers , is a haunting portrait of two brothers-one an award-winning writer, the other a fugitive wanted for a robbery that resulted in a murder. Wideman recalls the capture of his younger brother, Robby, details the subsequent trials that resulted in a sentence of life in prison, and provides vivid views of the American prison system. A gripping, unsettling account, Brothers and Keepers weighs the bonds of blood, affection, and guilt that connect Wideman and his brother and measures the distance that lies between them. "If you care at all about brotherhood and dignity.this is a must-read book" ( The Denver Post ). Seller Inventory # 1129385
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