Type

Text

Type

Thesis

Advisor

Lou Ann Walker | Rosenblatt, Roger | Susan Merrell.

Date

2010-05-01

Keywords

Literature, American -- Sociology, Individual and Family Studies | brothers, coming of age, death, family dynamics, grief, gymnastics

Department

Department of Creative Writing and Literature

Language

en_US

Source

This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/70857

Publisher

The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.

Format

application/pdf

Abstract

This thesis is a novel that explores the relationship between two brothers over the course of one summer as they face family tragedy, internal struggles, and the pain of growing up. Intertwined narrative arcs, alternate points of view, flashbacks, and silence are all explored.

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