SOLVED. Biography of great aunt and uncle of author. [s]

[Dagny]

Love story set in Europe in 20 th century

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Can you think of any more details?

E.g., were these people well known, or total unknowns? What jobs/careers did they have? Social lives? What country?

Any ups and downs? Lived through wars?

How does it end?

Author female or male?
Cover?

When did you read it or when was it published?

[Dagny]

Male author, WW2 I think , Europe. Published ~10 yrs ago? Could be fictionalized. Want to read it. Now reading Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda, and thought it would be it but it isn't.

[Mai]

Maybe Two Lives by Vikram Seth?
Published in 2005.

[Dagny]

Thank you Mai! That's it - a prominent male writer and an unusual marriage