TWO LIVES

TWO LIVES

DESCRIPT:
TWO LIVES IS THE STORY OF A CENTURY AND OF A LOVE AFFAIR ACROSS A RACIAL DIVIDE. IT TELLS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES OF VIKRAM SETH'S GREAT-UNCLE SHANTI, BROUGHT UP IN INDIA AND SENT TO BERLIN IN THE 1930'S TO STUDY, AND OF HIS GREAT-AUNT HENNY, WHOSE GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY TOOK IN SHANTI A A LODGER. WHAT FOLLOWS IS AN ASTONOSHING TAPESTRY OF INDIA, THE THIRD REICH AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AUSCHWITZ AND THE HOLOCAUST, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, POST-WAR GERMANY AND MODERN BRITAIN.

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