Chang and Eng: A Novel

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. Now Darin Strauss has rescued them from the sideshow of history, drawing from their extraordinary conjoined lives a first novel of exceptional beauty.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 and yet mocked by carnival crowds. The twins 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.Chang and Eng is an unforgettable and sublimely moving story that reveals above all the longings and humanity of these remarkable twins.Darin Strauss is the author of 'Chang and Eng: A Novel' with ISBN 9781568951355 and ISBN 1568951353.