The brother
By: Rein Raud ; translated from the Estonian by Adam Cullen
Contributors: Cullen, Adam, 1986- translator
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781940953441
Subjects: Families; Brothers and sisters; Fiction
Work titles: Vend
Description: "The Brother opens opens with a mysterious stranger arriving in a small town controlled by a group of men--men who recently cheated the stranger's supposed sister out of her inheritance and mother's estate. Resigned to giving up on her dreams and ambitions, Laila took this swindling in stride, something that Brother won't stand for. Soon after his arrival, fortunes change dramatically, enraging this group of powerful men, motivating them to get their revenge on Brother. Meanwhile, a rat-faced paralegal makes it his mission to discover Brother's true identity ... The first novel of Rein Raud's to appear in English, The Brother is, in Raud's own words, a spaghetti western told in poetic prose, simultaneously paying tribute to both Clint Eastwood and Alessandro Baricco. With its well-drawn characters and quick moving plot, it takes on more mythic aspects, lightly touching on philosophical ideas of identity and the ruthless way the world is divided into winners and losers"--
Notes: Translation from Estonian of: Vend.

Translated from the Estonian.