In Justin Torres’s poetic novel, We the Animals, an unnamed narrator chronicles his childhood experiences and social maturation through vignettes. Torres portrays the close relationship the narrator holds with his two older brothers’, Manny and...

Justin Torres’s We the Animals features an unnamed narrator who struggles for love and recognition from his family members, only to fail in the end when his taboo sexual identity creates a rift too vast to mend. In particular, the narrator tries...