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Tessa de Loo (born 15 October 1946) is the pen name of the Dutch novelist and short story writer Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit. [1] Biography. Born in Bussum in North Holland, de Loo was the oldest of three children.
Tessa de Loo is the author of The Twins (3.61 avg rating, 5877 ratings, 345 reviews, published 1993), Isabelle (2.88 avg rating, 1193 ratings, 68 reviews...
Tessa de Loo has 43 books on Goodreads with 18230 ratings. Tessa de Loo’s most popular book is The Twins.
With her first narrative edition "Die Mädchen von der Süßwarenfabrik" Tessa de Loo has already become a successful writer in her home country, the Netherlands. But the greatbreakthrough came with her novel "Die Zwillinge", which was also on the bestseller lists in Germany for several weeks.
Jan 1, 2000 · Tessa de Loo's, "A Bed In Heaven," is about the truth, or to put it more plainly one's perception of the truth, and how the past, future, and present effect one's idea of the truth. It is told through the eyes of a third person narrator, through the eyes of Kata, the main character, in first person, and through the eyes of her uncle, also in ...
In this monumental novel, Tessa De Loo compellingly weaves the story of two twin sisters separated in childhood with that of two countries opposed in war, and depicts in simple yet harrowing prose the effects of nature and nurture on the individual.
SIDELIGHTS: Dutch writer Tessa de Loo is best known for her novel De Tweeling, the story of twin sisters from Germany who are separated in childhood after their parents' death. Because of this circumstance, each girl experiences the rise of Hitler and World War II from profoundly different perspectives and the sisters lose touch after the war.
Tessa de Loo was born on 15 October 1946 in Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is a writer, known for Twin Sisters (2002), Isabelle (2011) and Isabelle (2001).
The Twins (Dutch: De Tweeling) is a 1993 novel by Tessa de Loo about the sisters Lotte and Anna, who are separated at the age of six when their father dies. The story is set during World War II. In 2002 the book was adapted to a film named Twin Sisters.
With her first narrative edition "Die Mädchen von der Süßwarenfabrik" Tessa de Loo has already become a successful writer in her home country, the Netherlands. But the greatbreakthrough came with her novel "Die Zwillinge", which was also on the bestseller lists in Germany for several weeks.
