ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
The critically acclaimed debut from the National Book Award-winning author of Blackouts.
In this award-winning, groundbreaking novel, Justin Torres plunges us into the chaotic heart of one family, the intense bonds of three brothers, and the mythic effects of this fierce love on the people we must become.
“A tremendously gifted writer whose highly personal voice should excite us in much the same way that Raymond Carver’s or Jeffrey Eugenides’s voice did when we first heard it."—The Washington Post
Three brothers tear their way through childhood— smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn—he’s Puerto Rican, she’s white—and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times. Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another.
Product details
Publisher : Mariner Books; First Mariner Books Edition (September 11, 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 0547844190
ISBN-13 : 978-0547844190
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.43 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #14,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#25 in Hispanic American Literature & Fiction
#520 in Family Life Fiction (Books)
#1,445 in Literary Fiction (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.3
1,736 ratings
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