Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable—mon frère!


John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black (2011)


Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable—mon frère!

Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable—mon frère!

Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable—mon frère!

Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable—mon frère!