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Chang and Eng : a novel by Darin Strauss is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chang and Eng : a novel about?
In this stunning novel, Darin Strauss combines fiction with astonishing fact to tell the story of historyrsquo;s most famous twins. Born in Siam in 1811-on a squalid houseboat on the Mekong River-Chang and Eng Bunker were international celebrities before the age of twenty. Touring the worldrsquo;s stages as a circus act, they settled in the American South just prior to the Civil War. They eventually married two sisters from North Carolina, fathering twenty-one children between them, and lived for more than six decades never more than seven inches apart, attached at the chest by a small band of skin and cartilage. Woven from the fabric of fact, myth, and imagination, Straussrsquo;s narrative gives poignant, articulate voice to these legendary brothers, and humanizes the freakish legend that grew up around them. Sweeping from the Far East and the court of the King of Siam to the shared intimacy of their lives in America, Chang and Eng rescues one of the nineteenth centuryrsquo;s most fabled human oddities from the sideshow of history, drawing from their extraordinary lives a novel of exceptional power and beauty. Now in paperback comes the brilliant reimagining of the remarkable live
Who reads Chang and Eng : a novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Darin Strauss
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101538005
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (158 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14