· 26a. by Diana Evans. pp, Chatto, £ Twins and doubles have always proved irresistible to novelists, whether they embody the menacing multiplicity of the human psyche - Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. · The author deftly captures the voices of all six family members as each one struggles with questions of identity. Meeting the topics of depression and suicide head-on, Evans treats these issues with a respect and grace that underscore the eventual triumph of spirit within the Hunter family/5(86). In this haunting tale of innocence lost, Diana Evans evokes, with unforgettable vividness, the wonders and terrors of childhood and growing up. Identical twins Bessi and Georgia Hunter create a private universe in the attic room at 26a Waifer Avenue in a drab, lower-middle-class section of London.
DIANA EVANS. Twin sisters Georgia and Bessi live in the attic of a Neasden semi. Downstairs their mother is homesick for Nigeria, which their father exacerbates with a penchant for whiskey. Left to forge their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe, in which older sister Bel acts as nurturer and rebel, and little sister. 26a is particularly sad because it's someone losing her twin sister; and because Diana Evans herself lost a twin sister to suicide. 26a is a sad, specific book. If you are not into this type of book (which I am not), its goodness depends on the specifics' resonating with you. 26a. by. Diana Evans (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. A hauntingly beautiful, wickedly funny, and devastatingly moving novel of innocence and dreams that announces the arrival of a major new talent to the literary scene. In the attic room at 26 Waifer Avenue, identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter.
In this haunting tale of innocence lost, Diana Evans evokes, with unforgettable vividness, the wonders and terrors of childhood and growing up. Identical twins Bessi and Georgia Hunter create a private universe in the attic room at 26a Waifer Avenue in a drab, lower-middle-class section of London. Diana Evans is a British author of Nigerian and English descent. Her bestselling debut novel, 26a, won the inaugural Orange Award for New Writers and the British Book Awards deciBel Writer of the Year prize. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel, the Guardian First Book, the Commonwealth Best First Book and the Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough awards, and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Diana Evans is a British author of Nigerian and English descent. Her bestselling debut novel, 26a, won the inaugural Orange Award for New Writers and the British Book Awards deciBel Writer of the Year prize.
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