Mischling är en roman skriven av Affinity Konar. Boken handlar om två systrar under andra världskriget.

"A beautiful novel that somehow carries the lightness of a fairy tale. One of the most harrowing, powerful, and imaginative books of the year." - Anthony Doerr, author of All The Light We Cannot See

"100 Notable Books" - New York Times Book Review

"Triumphant" "Unforgettable" "Luminous" "Astonishing"

"Astonishing. Complicated. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Devastating. Sublime...A book, for once, deserving of those all too overwrought, overused descriptors." - ELLE

"Evocative storrytelling, fierce characters, and haunting prose make Mischling hard to put down." - Patty Rhule, USA Today

"Riveting" - Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review

"An unforgettable sojourn of the spirit." - Bryce Christensen, Booklist

"A tale of courage, courageously told - spare and beautiful, riveting and heartbreaking." - David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

It is the fall of 1944 when twelve-year-old identical twins Pearl and Stasha Zamorski are sent to Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. Catching the eye of the infamous "Angel of Death", Dr. Josef Mengele, the sisters are sent to a separate barracks called "the Zoo", where the are subject of unspeakable experiments. But they are also aided in ther fight for survival by other prisoners, such as maternal Miri, a Jewish doctor now forced to work alongside Mengele; Bruna, a spirited young thief; Feliks, a rebellious child grieving his own terrible loss; and Peter, an unexpected ally with acess to the camp´s black market. That winter, Pearl vanishes. Stasha is tormented by her absecnce but insists Pearl is still alive. Stasha dreams of reunion, fortified by thoughts of vengeance. Though the sisters are separated, their bond endures, an unassailable tribute to love and family and the hope of living once again - not as children who have been wounded, but as survivors who cannot be broken.

Affinity Konar was raised in California. She received an MFA in ficition from Columbia University.

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