Unbidan
Acme Inc.
            {
    "id": 306246,
    "slug": "twin",
    "nstc": null,
    "title": "Twin",
    "subtitle": null,
    "collection_title": null,
    "collection_part_number": null,
    "annotation": "A bestseller in its native Holland, this is the story of a man forced to return to the rural Dutch lifestyle of his childhood when his twin brother dies. This debut novel has been shortlisted for and won many literary prizes and is set to be made into a film. 'A novel of restrained tenderness and laconic humour.' J.M. Coetze",
    "description": "When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, The Twin is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands.",
    "additional_content": null,
    "bestseller_60": null,
    "imprint": null,
    "language_code": "eng",
    "original_language_code": null,
    "page_count": 288,
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "publication_date_first": "2009-05-01",
    "publication_date_latest": "2009-05-01",
    "cover_url": null,
    "editions": [
        {
            "isbn": "9780099516873",
            "product_form": "BC"
        },
        {
            "isbn": "9780593124963",
            "product_form": "BC"
        }
    ],
    "ratings_count": 0,
    "read_count": 0,
    "review_count": 0,
    "favorite_count": 0,
    "reading_status_read_count": 0,
    "reading_status_reading_count": 0,
    "reading_status_want_to_read_count": 0,
    "rating_average": null,
    "ratings_distribution": {
        "1": 0,
        "2": 0,
        "3": 0,
        "4": 0,
        "5": 0
    },
    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:14:53+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-11-05T00:25:12+00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "id": 4177,
        "slug": "vintage-uk",
        "name": "Vintage UK",
        "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:37+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2025-09-19T15:10:34+00:00"
    },
    "contributors": [],
    "genres": [],
    "subjects": [
        {
            "scheme_identifier": "32",
            "scheme_version": null,
            "main_subject": false,
            "subject_code": "300",
            "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:14:53+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-09-19T13:14:53+00:00"
        },
        {
            "scheme_identifier": "32",
            "scheme_version": null,
            "main_subject": false,
            "subject_code": "332",
            "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:14:53+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-09-19T13:14:53+00:00"
        }
    ],
    "campaigns": []
}
        

Twin

ID 306246
Slug twin
Contributors
Annotation A bestseller in its native Holland, this is the story of a man forced to return to the rural Dutch lifestyle of his childhood when his twin brother dies. This debut novel has been shortlisted for and won many literary prizes and is set to be made into a film. 'A novel of restrained tenderness and laconic humour.' J.M. Coetze
Description When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, The Twin is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands.
Genres
Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
332 Thriller NUR
NSTC
Publisher Vintage UK
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 288
Duration
Publication date first 2009-05-01
Publication date latest 2009-05-01
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9780099516873 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9780593124963 (BC)

Ratings & Reviews

0.0
0 ratings
Sign in to rate
You need to be logged in to submit a rating.

Recent Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this book!