num_pages: 375
description: William Trevor's astonishing range as a writer--his humor, subtlety, and compassionate grasp of human behavior--is fully demonstrated in these two short novels. In Reading Turgenev, a lonely country girl escapes her loveless marriage in the arms of a bookish young man. In My House in Umbria, a former madam befriends the other survivors of a terrorist bombing with surprising results. Nominated for the Booker Award.
language: English
title: Two Lives
titlecomplete: Two Lives
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Italy, Short Stories, Literature, Novels, Irish Literature, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 917
publisher: Penguin Books