Brothers: A Novel by Da Chen [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost
Author of bestselling memoirs Colors of the Mountain and Sounds of the River, Da Chen debuts his first novel for adults. The sprawling saga, set in late-20th-century China, follows the inevitably intertwined lives of two brothers...
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