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Amazon
Includes two novels 'Reading Turgenev' and 'My House in Umbria'. In 'Reading Turgenev', an Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man. But she finds unusual solace - in secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels.
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Foyles
Two Lives: Reading Turgenev & My House in Umbria - two novels by William Trevor'Evocative and haunting. Trevor writes like an angel, but is determined to wring your heart' Daily Mail'Marvellous, superb. As rich and moving as anything I have read in years. When I reach the end . . . I wanted to start right again at the beginning' GuardianIn Reading Turgenev an Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, but finds release through secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels.My House in Umbria tells of Emily Delahunty, a writer of romantic novels, who helps the survivors of a bomb attack on a train to convalesce, inventing colourful pasts for her patients.Two novels, two women who retreat further into the realm of the imagination until the boundaries between what is real and what is not become blurred . . .'One of the most beautiful and memorable things Trevor has written' Independent on SundayReading Turgenev was shortlisted for the Booker Prize
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Penguin
Two beautiful, memorable novels in one volume, both focussing 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.
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ASDA
Includes two novels Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria. In Reading Turgenev an Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man. But she finds unusual solace - in secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels.
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BookDepository
Two Lives : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141044613 : 0141044616 : 30 Oct 2013 : An Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, but finds release through secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels.
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Waterstones
Includes two novels ''Reading Turgenev'' and ''My House in Umbria''. In ''Reading Turgenev'', an Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man. But she finds unusual solace - in secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for
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Blackwell
An Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, but finds release through secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels. Two Lives: Reading Turgenev & My House in Umbria - two novels by William...
