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Introducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters. Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, The Brothers is the story of identical twins, Yaqub and Omar, whose mutual jealousy is offset only by their love for their mother. But it is Omar who is the object... read more
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When Yaqub returned from Lebanon in 1945, his father went to Rio de Janeiro to fetch him.
First Edition edit
Original Language: Portuguese
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Country: Brazil
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 8535900136
Page Count: 266
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Country: Brazil
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 8535900136
Page Count: 266
Awards edit
- Prêmio Jabuti (2001: Romance, 1st)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 2002017054
- Dewey: 869.342
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