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Two Lives

by Vikram Seth
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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 who urged her mother 'not to take the blackie'. 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 made a life for herself in her adopted country. After the war they married and lived the émigré life in north London where Shanti, despite the loss of his arm, became a much-loved dentist. 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.
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Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

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  • ISBN: 9780748107346
  • Release date: April 2, 2007

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  • ISBN: 9780748107346
  • File size: 1431 KB
  • Release date: April 2, 2007
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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

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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 who urged her mother 'not to take the blackie'. 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 made a life for herself in her adopted country. After the war they married and lived the émigré life in north London where Shanti, despite the loss of his arm, became a much-loved dentist. 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.
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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction