<![CDATA[Brothers: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Brothers: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173515263m/299775.jpg 299775 7 At the height of China’s Cultural Revolution a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the general’s wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the general’s mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in the mountains of Balan only moments after delivering her child. Growing up, each remained ignorant of the other’s existence. In Beijing, Tan enjoyed the best schools, the finest clothes, and the prettiest girls. Shento was raised on the mountainside by an old healer and his wife until their deaths landed him in an orphanage, where he was always hungry, alone, and frightened. Though on divergent roads, each brother is driven by a passionate desire—one to glorify his father, the other to seek revenge against him. Separated by distance and opportunity, Tan and Shento follow the paths that lie before them, while unknowingly falling in love with the same woman and moving toward the explosive moment when their fates finally merge. Brothers, by bestselling memoirist Da Chen, is a sprawling, dynamic family saga, complete with assassinations, love affairs, narrowly missed opportunities, and the ineluctable fulfillment of destiny. 290849 19 9 2006 Brothers: A Novel total:224|5:48|4:95|3:47|2:25|1:9| 224 820 328 58 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 03 04:02:52 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 04:04:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 08:13:42 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 08:22:06 -0700 2008
The thing that kept this book from being a five-star is the ending. You end up wan...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 12:09:15 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 12:10:51 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 14:31:10 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 14:37:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 19:24:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 19:27:56 -0700 2009
This story of 2 extraordinary half-brothers is engaging, and I enjoyed moving through it and the recent history of China at the time. The book is primari...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 17:22:42 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 12 12:29:30 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Thu Jun 26 09:23:51 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 09:26:05 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:57:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:01:48 -0700 2009
It was an interesting story but just not plausible. In a country of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 08:14:34 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:15:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 14:51:01 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 06:48:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 23:48:07 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 15:22:39 -0700 2008 1
This was a very interesting book in the end. I won't give anything away, but it was more or less a combination of the War of the Roses and the Prince and the Pauper without the switching of the main cha...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 13:12:29 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 08:27:49 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Aug 26 09:47:51 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 09:48:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 17:34:38 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:21:20 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 11:20:40 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:35:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 11:20:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:08:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:10:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 12 15:12:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 15:31:48 -0800 2009 historical fiction
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Well written with vivid details and memorable characters.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 13:52:55 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 21:19:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:52:20 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 11:46:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 22 19:50:00 -0800 2008 Sat May 24 02:16:19 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 19:50:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=299775