Brother

Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants. Coming of age in The Park, a cluster of houses and towers in the disparaged outskirts of a sprawling city, the brothers battle against the careless prejudices and low expectations that confront them on a daily basis.

While Francis dreams of a future in music, Michael’s dreams are of Aisha, the smartest girl in their school, whose eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. But the bright hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably thwarted by a tragic event.

Beautifully written and extraordinarily powerful, Brother is a novel of deep humanity which provides a profound insight into love, family, opportunity and grief.

Michael si Francis sunt fiii stralucitori si ambitiosi ai imigrantilor trinidadieni. Avand varsta in Park, un grup de case si turnuri in periferia dispretuita a unui oras intins, fratii se lupta impotriva prejudecatilor neglijente si asteptarilor scazute care le confrunta zilnic. In timp ce Francis viseaza la un viitor in muzica, Michael's visele sunt ale lui Aisha, cea mai inteligenta fata din scoala lor, ai carei ochi sunt fixati ferm pe o viata in alta parte.