The Virago Book Of Twins And Doubles: An Autobiographical Anthology

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Penelope Farmer, a twin herself, bravely and beautifully uses her own story to introduce and define a collection from over 250 authors. She draws on popular myth, poetry, fiction, psychology and science in her look at the fascination, envy and horror which the freak coupledom inspires, and at the crisis of separation and death, and the love and hate that binds two souls. 'A celebration of twinship and duality...this anthology remains both valuable and enjoyable' THE LANCET

Penelope Farmer is the author of over ten books for children and adults. She lives in London.

'Brilliant ... Farmer has invented an entirely fresh literary form' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating ... the whole is seasoned with extraordinary quotations of all kinds, alarming, amusing, cautionary and poignant' SPECTATOR 'Riveting reading ... a fascinating anthology' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'There is a surfeit of literary anthologies these days, often put together for no better reason than quick sales around Christmas. This one is different, assembled in an urgent spirit of enquiry. It draws on some fascinating and unfamiliar sources, and raises important questions about all individual experience...it remains compulsively readable for all its pages.' INDEPENDENT 'A fascinating and unusual read.' DAILY MAIL