My House in Umbria

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in 1928, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He attended a number of Irish schools and Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of the Irish Academy of Letters. Among his books are Two Lives (1991), comprised of the novellas Reading Turgenev, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and My House in Umbria; eight volumes of stories that were brought together in The Collected Stories (1992), chosen by The New York Times as one of the best books of the year; Felicia's Journey (1994), winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Sunday Express Prize, and made into a motion picture; After Rain (1996), selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review as one of the eight best books of the year; and Death in Summer (1998), a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book. His latest collection of stories is The Hill Bachelors (2000). Many of his stories have appeared in The New Yorker and other magazines. His most recent novel, The Story of Lucy Gault (2002), was nominated for the Man Booker Prize. In 1977, William Trevor was named honorary Commander of the British Empire in recognition of his services to literature. In 1996, he received a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. He lives in Devon, England.Trevor, William is the author of 'My House in Umbria' with ISBN 9780142003657 and ISBN 0142003654.