Jane Alison

The Sisters Antipodes

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The acclaimed American novelist Jane Alison wrote a memoir of her exotic childhood, and did so, in the words of the Boston Globe, “with the insight of a novelist and the language of a poet.” It is a story—involving double spouse-swapping among diplomats, daughters who were mirror images of one another, and ultimately tragedy—that Alison originally …

Jane AlisonThe acclaimed American novelist Jane Alison wrote a memoir of her exotic childhood, and did so, in the words of the Boston Globe, “with the insight of a novelist and the language of a poet.” It is a story—involving double spouse-swapping among diplomats, daughters who were mirror images of one another, and ultimately tragedy—that Alison originally tried to cast into fiction but found she couldn’t: truth was stronger, stranger, more biting. The Sisters Antipodes received international acclaim and also was turned into a mini-opera.

Moderator: Britt Stubbe
In cooperation with: Arena Publishers

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Links:

Jane Alison’s website

NY Times Review of The Sisters Antipodes

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