Chang and Eng
a novel
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Word Count
80,750 words, Guess
Page Count
323 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100452281091
- ISBN-139780452281097
- Goodreads123534
- LibraryThing5715
- Library of Congress Control Number99059198
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number46893275
- Better World Books9780452281097
- Open LibraryOL18769588M
Description
Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins, were born on the Mekong River in Siam in the 19th century. In this interpretation of their story, Eng looks back on their life in the hours after his brother's death. Joined at the chest, the brothers nonetheless led full married lives in Carolina.
Description
"Born attached at the chest, Chang and Eng Bunker were the Siamese twins for whom the term was coined, one of the nineteenth century's most fabled human oddities. Taken from Thailand as adolescents, Chang and Eng toured the world's stages, finding celebrity while performing in a cage. Fighting for respect their whole lives, they were greeted by royalty; toasted by London, and yet mocked by carnival crowds. The twins eventually married two sisters and embarked on one of history's most fascinating and unlikely romantic journeys as they fathered twenty-one children. But the most compelling and mysterious relationship they endured was their own." "Narrated by Eng, Chang and Eng follows the twins from poverty to wealth, from solitude to boundless love, from the court of the King of Siam to the crowded bedroom of their North Carolina home."--BOOK JACKET.
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