"Two Lives offers two superb novels in one volume . . . as rich and
moving as anything I have read in years. . . . Marvelous." --"The
Guardian"
Presented here are two unforgettable short novels by acclaimed
author William Trevor, both of which focus on women who retreat
into their imaginations until the boundaries between what is real
and what is not become blurred.
In "Reading Turgenev," an Irish country girl is trapped in a
loveless marriage with an older man, but she finds release in
secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian
novels. This novella was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
The second novella, "My House in Umbria," tells how romantic
novelist Emily Delahunty helps the survivors of a bomb attack on a
train by inventing colorful pasts for her patients.
"A sensibility reigns here which is at once inquisitive and
loving. . . . Trevor's is among the most subtle and sophisticated
fiction being written today." --John Banville, "The New York Review
of Books"
"A writer at the peak of his powers; Two Lives] reminds you what
good reading is all about." --Anne Tyler, "Chicago Sun Times"
"One of the most beautiful and memorable things Trevor has
written." --"The Independent on Sunday" (U.K.)
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