William Trevor: The Collected Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140232451 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"WARNING: Intemperate Review Ahead!" according to Eric J. Matluck. Not all stars are created equal. By awarding 5 stars to this book, the implication must be that they are stars of the purest gold. I have read some "5-star" novels and short story collections before, but little, in my experience, compares with this: the combination of an extraordinarily beautiful prose style, the seemingly effortless creation of literally hundreds if not thousands of alternately sympathetic and detestable (but always vividly memorable) characters, a profound insight into the psychology of the human mind to rival (and pretty easily surpass) that of any other writer a. WildIris said Perfect!. Exactly what I wanted. Perfect!. Five Stars masterful writer.
From his debut collection, "The Day We Got Drunk on Cake," published in 1968, to "Family Sins" (1990), William Trevor has crafted the short story to perfection, giving us brilliant and subtle stories full of the reversals, surprises, and shadowy truths we discover in life itself. "William Trevor: The Collected Stories" includes the tales from his seven previous books, as well as four stories that have never appeared in book form in America. To read this volume is not just to encounter an extraordinary literary stylist, but to understand life as surely as though we were looking through the eyes of his protagonists and - deeper still - into their hearts. They portray the almost invisible strands that bind people to each other as well as the chains that imprison them in solitary yearning.. They depict the comforts and frustrations of life in rural Ireland, the compl
Two of his books were chosen by The New York Times as best books of the year, and his short stories appear regularly in the New Yorker. He lives in Devon, England. . In 1997, he was named Honorary Commander of the British Empire. In 2001, he won the Irish Times Literature Prize for fiction. William Trevor
From Publishers Weekly Tales from Trevor's seven highly acclaimed short-story collections tell of life in rural Ireland. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.