Darin Strauss je medzinárodne uznávaný autor, ktorého diela sa zaoberajú komplexnými ľudskými vzťahmi a vnútornými svetmi postáv. Jeho próza je charakteristická prenikavou psychológiou a schopnosťou vykresliť jemné nuansy emócií. Strauss skúma témy identity, pamäte a hľadania zmyslu v nejednoznačnom svete. Jeho písanie je oceňované pre svoju hĺbku a literárnu zručnosť.
Josh and Dori Goldin seem like the perfect couple with their baby boy. However, their seemingly ideal life takes a dark turn when their eight-month-old son shows alarming signs, including losing consciousness and coughing up blood, leading to a critical moment when his heart stops.
"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 the twins from the sideshow of history, drawing from their extraordinary conjoined lives a first novel of exceptional beauty."--Jacket