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Two Lives
Two Lives
Author: Vikram Seth
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 a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781552784969
ISBN-10: 1552784967
Publication Date: 12/2005
Pages: 503
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Publisher: McArthur & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A book about two extraordinary people. Seth writes with warmth and kindness about his uncle and aunt living through WWII. I'm not much good at writing reviews, but trust me this book is a must read!
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Uncle Shanti and Aunt Henny are remembered in this memoir of lives lived in England, Germany and India before and during the Second World War. Written by Author Vikram Seth, Uncle Shanti's nephew.


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