The Twins

Tessa de Loo; Trans. Ruth Levitt

ISBN 10: 1900850567 / ISBN 13: 9781900850568

Published by Arcadia, 2001

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As Europe teeters on the brink of war, twin sisters Lotte, who is planning to marry a Jewish musician, and Anna, beholden to the Third Reich, reunite after more than ten years apart, only to find their bond fractured.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Twins
• Publisher: Arcadia
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900850567
• ISBN 13: 9781900850568
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

***NOW A NETFLIX FILM - TWIN SISTERS***

"Completely original. A fiction whose poise, compassion and breadth take the reader's breath away"JOAN SMITH
"Gripping and touching" Independent
"Memorable and moving" The Times

Bound by blood, separated by love...

Twin sisters, Lotte and Anna, share a bond that is far stronger than anyone except they alone can understand. But when war comes between them, the two discover that even the deepest bonds have their limits.

Having been cruelly separated as children, Lotte and Anna are at last reunited. Neither lost hope to see each other again. However, with Europe on the verge of war, much has changed between them. While Lotte has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in liberal Holland, Anna has endured a life of poverty in a Germany under the spell of Hitler. With Lotte now engaged to a Jewish musician, and Anna brainwashed by Third Reich ideas, cracks in their relationship soon appear. With the war on, the twins decide to part again.

Back in Germany, Anna marries Martin, an Austrian soldier, who hates the war but joins the SS for the sake of his wife only to be killed a few days later. Anna is devastated and longs for her sister. At the same time, Lotte's own life is in danger. The Nazis have invaded Holland and her lover has been taken to Auschwitz. Knowing she will never see him again, all she can do is keep his family safe from Hitler's troops. Now an old woman, Lotte remembers the pain as, before her, stands the sisters she disowned all those years ago. Can these two lives ever be reconciled? The twins now face their final test . . .

Translated from the Dutch by Ruth Levitt

About the Author

TESSA DE LOO was born in Bussum, a small town near Amsterdam. Her prize-winning novels include Meander, Isabelle, The Smoke Sacrifice and The Miracle of the Dog. A Pig in the Palace looks at Byron's Albanian travels, while The Twins is a 3-million-copy bestseller.