The Wondrous And Tragic Life Of Ivan And Ivanna by Maryse Conde was originally written in French and was translated into English by the author's husband. Ivan and Ivanna are a pair of twins born to a single mother on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Their mother, Simone, works hard to provide for them and the twins are very close. Their father is a musician. When the twins reach adulthood their father sends them plane tickets so they can join him in Mali. Ivan and Ivanna adjust to living in Mali and they are still very close but their paths are starting to separate. Ivan becomes radicalized. Ivanna works hard and wins a scholarship to attend a police academy in Paris. Ivan and Ivanna cannot stand to live together and they cannot stand to live apart. The story is told like a Greek tragedy that involves racism, terrorism, colonialism, migration and economic inequality.
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