Born Brothers

By Larry Woiwode

Book Overview

Woiwode first introduced the Neumiller family in the critically acclaimed novel Beyond the Bedroom Wall. In Born Brothers he returns to this North Dakota family, focusing on the 30-year relationship between two Neumiller brothers, Charles and Jerome.

The lives of two brothers from North Dakota are followed for thirty years through hatred and friendship.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374526907
• ISBN13: 9780374526900
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 611 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Poetic Reality: Wiowode's World is Wonderful

This novel, it must be said, is not quite as good as Wiowode's finest, 'Beyond the Bedroom Wall.' But Wiowode's second best is anyone else's excellent. As North Dakota's poet, Wiowode uses prose in stark, image-packed lines to tell the story of two brothers, their respective roads through triumph and tragedy. Though Wiowode is a Christian (Presbyterian), he doesn't flinch as his characters grapple with homosexuality and even sibling experimentation. Alchoholism, a factor in Wiowode's own life, also plays a role, as does the uncharacteristic (for a modern novel) love of parents found almost solely in Wiowode. This is a beautifully-crafted book, a story about faith, sin, lostness, and love. Redemptive, yes. But not cheaply so. Highest recommendation.