Brothers

by Michael Bar-Zohar

Alexander and Dimitri are both sons of Russian poet Tonya Gordon. Alex is raised in Brooklyn, and Dimitri in Leningrad during, the Cold War. When they finally meet as adults, they conceive a fevered hatred for each other. Their profound jealousy destroys everything in their wake, including those they love. Linked by boyhood, separated by fate, their story is a timeless Greek tragedy. “ALL THE ACTION ONE COULD DESIRE… A DEFT PIECE OF WORK.” The New-York times Book review “A TANTALIZING SETUP… A STUNNING FINALE.” Publishers Weekly

500 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Professor Michael Bar-Zohar was a member of Knesset (Labour) and wrote the official biography of David Ben Gurion. He has written thirty non-fiction books, and has been translated into sixteen languages, winning many international prizes. He is currently working on a biography of Shimon Peres.

Has written under the pseudonym Michael Barak.

Reviews

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: family tragedy exiles one brother to America and holds one in Russia. The American becomes a Russian scholar; the other KGB.