Variations of a Brother War focuses on the lives of two brothers, and the girl they are both in love with. Against the background of the Civil War, these brothers become soldiers, engaging in the most desperate kinds of battle. With ornate and impeccable prose, J. A. Tyler tells the story of a tumultuous love triangle and how it intersects with the astounding tragedy of war. In a world where everything has its own ghost, life is strange and beautiful, even in the midst of conflict.

Variations of a Brother War

Literature & Fiction

Tyler, J A

Contemporary

Small Doggies Press

As they travel from cage to bars to glass, over all the landscapes of the zoo, Jonah wonders about his parents, what they have and haven't done, and what he has and hasn't done in return. He realizes, as he goes, the complexities of growing up.

The Zoo, a Going

Literary

Dzanc Books

An intense, surreal story of family and growing up, perfect for fans of Matt Bell and The Immortalists.A mother clings to twin sons, desperate to keep them from becoming their father, a pirate forever sailing away. In this rain-soaked township, she will attempt to mummify them, piece by piece, to stop them from growing up, a hope founded in magic and immortality. Meanwhile, their father obsesses the seas with his own belief in ever-lasting life, learning too late that his heart belongs on shore.In Only and Ever This, a family must endure father loss, a mother's grief, and roiling adolescence, slipping as it does into arcades, caves, and the young love for a ghostly girl up the street.

Only and Ever This

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Variations of a Brother War

The Zoo, a Going

Only and Ever This