Sitting Opposite My Brother
- Publisher
- Turnstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1993
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888011725
- Publish Date
- Jan 1993
- List Price
- $16.95
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"In a faithless world, the transitory and temporal hold the only redemptive power possible, and at their most eloquent, Bergen's stories are a lyrical evocation of this power."
-Eric Henderson, The Vancouver Sun
About the author
DAVID BERGEN is an award-winning author of seven previous novels and a collection of short stories. A Year Of Lesser was a New York Times Notable Book, and The Case of Lena S. was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Fiction. In 2005, Bergen won the Giller Prize for The Time in Between. His sixth novel, The Matter With Morris, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2010, won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The Age Of Hope was a #1 bestseller and a finalist for Canada Reads 2013. Bergen lives with his family in Winnipeg.