Milton Hatoum
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"This is a story of a return: to Manaus, in the heart of the Amzaon; to a large and unruly family of Lebanese emigrants; to the past. Emilie, the matriarch, is on her deathbed. Returning to her childhood home to say goodbye, her granddaughter becomes enveloped in memories, as family and friends gather round to tell their own tales, one by one."
2) The brothers
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A tale of a disintegrating family, set in a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, finds identical twins Yaqub and Omar vying for their mother's attention.