Twin

Gerbrand Bakker

RRP: £7.99

Publisher: VINTAGE

Publication Date : 07/05/2009

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A bestseller in its native Holland, this is the story of a man forced to return to the rural Dutch lifestyle of his childhood when his twin brother dies. This debut novel has been shortlisted for and won many literary prizes and is set to be made into a film. 'A novel of restrained tenderness and laconic humour.' J.M. Coetzee

Publisher's description:

When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer returns to the small family farm. After his father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the house. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while?

ISBN: 9780099516873