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Sep 27, 2011 | ISBN 9780143115960 Buy
Nov 04, 2010 | ISBN 9781101476529 Buy
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Sep 27, 2011 | ISBN 9780143115960
Nov 04, 2010 | ISBN 9781101476529
“Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov.”—Wall Street JournalSelected as one of The New York Times Book Review‘s 10 Best Books of the Year.
Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our era. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Trevor has crafted exquisitely rendered tales that brilliantly illuminate the human condition. A powerful collection by “the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language” (The New Yorker), Selected Stories brings together forty-eight stories from After Rain, The Hill Bachelors, A Bit on the Side, and Cheating at Canasta.
A marvelous collection from “the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language” (The New Yorker). Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Prize, and five-time finalist for the Man Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Trevor has crafted exquisitely rendered tales that brilliantly illuminate the human condition. Bringing together forty-eight stories from After Rain, The Hill Bachelors, A Bit on the Side, and Cheating at Canasta, this second volume of Trevor’s collected fiction offers readers “treasures of gorgeous writing, brilliant dialogue, and unforgettable lives” (The New York Times Book Review).
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written many novels and short story collections and has won many prizes, including the Hawthornden Prize and… More about William Trevor
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