![]() ![]() But again, these comforts were short-lived. Their one relief was a library and the news that successful operations were being performed to separate conjoined twins. The next stop was an orphanage, where once again the twins were viewed as objects of curiosity and sunk into misery. Unfortunately, due to a suicide by one of the boarders, their stay was short-lived. The windows had no grids, the air smelled of moss and pine, and the twins felt like normal children for the first time. When the scientists wearied of the twins, they were transferred to boarding school where they experienced some measure of happiness. ![]() The twins were handed over to one institute and then another as experimental subjects. Their own mother, aghast at the sight of them, signed their death certificate. A psychological drama, the novel reflects on how difficult but also how important it is to remain human.įaith and Hope do not have an easy life. The style is at first disconcerting, being told from an alternating first and second person, but in the end feels like the perfect choice. Set in Russia in the 1980’s and 1990’s, when the USSR has just ended and Russia is still in its infancy, One-Two takes you into the mind of conjoined twins Faith and Hope. ![]() ![]() One-Two by Igor Eliseev is an atypical reading experience. ![]()
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