Thursday, October 13, 2011

We the Animals by Justin Torres



So, yeah, the Iowa Writer's Workshop is the place to go.

Though it is marketed and sold as "fiction" Torres' story feels more like truth than the world outside the pages. In an observant and poetic voice, it is a telling of the classic story of three sons, narrated by the youngest. It's a book about brotherhood, coming of age, and the inevitable realization that our parents are people too. Lit by love and shadowed by pain, it is the true story of the human condition.

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