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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780349117980
TWO LIVES tells the remarkable story of Seth’s great uncle and
aunt. His great uncle Shanti left India for medical school in
Berlin in the 1930s and lodged with a German Jewish family. In the
household was a daughter, Henny, who urged her mother ‘not to take
the blackie’. But a friendship developed and each managed to leave
Germany and found their way to Britain as the Nazis rose to power.
Shanti joined the army and lost his right arm at the battle of
Monte Cassino, while Henny (whose family were to die in the camps)
made a life for herself in her adopted country. After the war they
married and lived the emigre life in north London where Shanti,
despite the loss of his arm, became a much-loved dentist. During
his own adolescence in England, Vikram Seth lived with Shanti and
Henny and came to know and love them deeply. His is the third life
in this story of TWO LIVES. This is also a book about history,
encompassing as it does many of the most significant themes and
events in the 20th century, whose currents are reflected in the
lives of Shanti, Henny and their family: from the Raj and the
Indian freedom movement to the Third Reich, the Holocaust and
British postwar society.
This is an accomplished and profoundly moving work DAILY
TELEGRAPH Written as an act of love and duty it is a testament to
his modesty and familial affection. SUNDAT TIMES A fascinating and
honest read. TRIBUNE Seth is a thorough biographer, but his
considerable narrative skill is as evident here as it is in his
fiction… One of the beauties of TWO LIVES is that it transcends
its subject matter, becoming a celebration of endurance, a
recognition of all lives pun SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
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