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Liked It Rated 4 stars “This is one of those extremely well-written books that make you think about each sentence, and when you arrive at the end of the book, conclusions still need to be reached. The mystery is part of the pleasure.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This is one of those extremely well-written books that make you think about each sentence, and when you arrive at the end of the book, conclusions still need to be reached. The mystery is part of the pleasure.”

  Bianca wrote this review Wednesday, September 14, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Reading Turgenev is a simple, but deeply moving story about a profoundly lonely young wife of an older man with evil sisters. The town thinks she has lost her mind and she does do strange things, but is living one's life the way one wishes "crazy"? ”

  BookBum wrote this review Thursday, March 24, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Wonderful. Reading Turgenev was painful and my house in Umbria was fascinating in its use of first person omniscient point of view. ”

  Maggie K wrote this review Friday, November 13, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “I'd never heard of William Trevor but I enjoyed the two novellas here very much. The first, "Reading Turgenov", drew me in quickly. It made me think somewhat of Doris Lessing's The Grass is Singing, a young wife driven to madness by her situation. Here it is hard to put a finger on what it is. Certainly you are not meant to even remotely like her two harpy sisters-in-law but her weak husband and reticent family are also part of it. I liked the way it moved bewteen times in the chapters, slowly bringing the past and present together. Dark and more than a little depressing but well done. The second, "My House in Umbria" was a bit more difficult. I was unsure what to expect and I think the narrator as the mildly delusional Mrs. Delahunty made it hard to follow the ins and outs. I couldn't really get a grip on her, perhaps that was the point. Well done as well but a bit more enigmatic. Worth seeking out more by this author.”

  Amy M wrote this review Friday, April 25, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No