An intriguing fictional biography of Chang and Eng, the first Siamese twins in recorded history, describes how these two men transcended their physical abnormality to live lives of remarkable grace, suffering, and love. A first novel. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
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"If you can read [this] novel without being astonished and touched, then you'd better check to see if your heart is made of stone . . . simply brilliant. A book of the year." —The Dallas Morning News
"Slouka writes with the bare-bones ferocity of Jerzy Kosinski and the visual intensity of John Updike." —Boston Herald
“Exceptionally beautiful. . . . [A] story where the power of language and of reflection on the nature of connection is more essential, and compelling, than any retelling of historical events.” —The Washington Post Book World
Mark Slouka's story "The Woodcarver's Tale" won a National Magazine Award in Fiction forHarper's in 1995. He is a graduate of Columbia and has taught at Columbia, Harvard, Penn State, and the University of Virginia. He lives in California with his wife and two children.Lost Lake is his first work of fiction
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