Two Lives
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In this magnificent family memoir, the author of A Suitable Boy weaves together the extraordinary stories of his great-uncle Shanti and his German-Jewish great-aunt Henny. Their paths first crossed in 1930s Berlin when Shanti, an Indian dental student, took a room as a lodger in Henny’s family home. Despite Henny’s initial wariness, a deep friendship blossomed that would span decades and continents. As the shadows of the Third Reich lengthened, both found their way to England, where Shanti served in the British Army—losing his right arm at the Battle of Monte Cassino—and Henny faced the devastating loss of her family to the Holocaust. Moving between the Raj, the horrors of WWII, and post-war London, Two Lives is a tender, forensic, and deeply moving exploration of a century of history reflected through the lens of a single, complex marriage. Part biography and part meditation on the human spirit, it is a masterpiece of storytelling.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In this magnificent family memoir, the author of A Suitable Boy weaves together the extraordinary stories of his great-uncle Shanti and his German-Jewish great-aunt Henny. Their paths first crossed in 1930s Berlin when Shanti, an Indian dental student, took a room as a lodger in Henny’s family home. Despite Henny’s initial wariness, a deep friendship blossomed that would span decades and continents. As the shadows of the Third Reich lengthened, both found their way to England, where Shanti served in the British Army—losing his right arm at the Battle of Monte Cassino—and Henny faced the devastating loss of her family to the Holocaust. Moving between the Raj, the horrors of WWII, and post-war London, Two Lives is a tender, forensic, and deeply moving exploration of a century of history reflected through the lens of a single, complex marriage. Part biography and part meditation on the human spirit, it is a masterpiece of storytelling.
