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Two Lives (1991)

William Trevor
Reviewed by L.S. Klepp | Oct 30, 1992
EW's GRADE
A

Details Writer: William Trevor; Genres: Drama, Fiction; Publisher: Penguin

Despite a long literary career, the Irish writer William Trevor is little known on these shores. If there is justice in the cosmos, Two Lives — two novellas joined in perfect union — will turn the tide. Both Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria involve memories that haunt and sustain. They are, in a word, perfect. A

Originally posted Oct 30, 1992 Published in issue #142 Oct 30, 1992 Order article reprints

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