Two lives / Vikram Seth.

"Shanti Behari Seth, brought up in India, was sent by his family in the 1930s to Berlin--though he could not speak a word of German--to study medicine and dentistry. Helga Gerda Caro, known to everyone as "Henny" was also born in 1908, in Berlin, to a Jewish family--cultured, patrioti...

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Main Author: Seth, Vikram, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
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