Lost Brothers How can two brothers lead such different lives? "Brothers and Keepers", a novel by John Edgar Wideman, explores the dissimilar paths that he and his younger brother of ten years, Robby, take that has led them to drastically different places ... be a license for defining what a prisoner is" (188). Wideman looks deeply into what it means to become a prisoner to attempt to understand what his brother Robby is experiencing. Wideman's book "Brothers and Keepers" is a powerfully written account of his struggle to get to know his brother. The details and descriptions of the book are a...

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