Two Lives is both a history of a violent century seen through the eyes of two survivors and an intimate portrait of their friendship, marriage, and abiding yet complex love. Part biography, part memoir, part meditation on our times, this is the true tale of two remarkable lives -- a masterful telling from one of our greatest living writers.

Vikram Seth ( born June 20, 1952) is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.