The Collected Stories - Hardcover

Trevor, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670841293 ISBN 13: 9780670841295

Publisher: Viking, 1992

Synopsis

A collection of short stories by the author of "The Old Boys" (Hawthornden Prize, 1964), "Angel at the Ritz", (winner of the Royal Society of Literature Award, 1975), "The Children of Dynmouth" (Whitbread Award, 1976) and "Reading Turgenev" (shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize).

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Review:

Extraordinary . . . Mr. Trevor s sheer intensity of entry into the lives of his people . . . proceeds to uncover new layers of yearning and pain, new angles of vision and credible thought.
The New York Times Book Review

One of the finest writers now at work in our language . . . No writer practicing the form today moves with nimbler assurances than Trevor across such an impressive gamut of social types and emotional connections.
The Boston Globe

The indisputable master of twentieth-century fiction . . . Trevor s carefully chiseled, lyrical prose at once ironic and elegiac is addictive, his insights acutely compassionate. The tales are haunting and profound.
Publishers Weekly

A textbook for anyone who ever wanted to write a story, and a treasure for anyone who loves to read them.
Madision Smartt Bell, USA Today

The range of characters that Trevor manages to bring onstage is little short of astonishing. . . . A remarkable record of the distinctive imprint that Trevor has left on what is arguably this century s quintessential art form.
New York Newsday"

"Extraordinary . . . Mr. Trevor's sheer intensity of entry into the lives of his people . . . proceeds to uncover new layers of yearning and pain, new angles of vision and credible thought."
--The New York Times Book Review

"One of the finest writers now at work in our language . . . No writer practicing the form today moves with nimbler assurances than Trevor across such an impressive gamut of social types and emotional connections."
--The Boston Globe

"The indisputable master of twentieth-century fiction . . . Trevor's carefully chiseled, lyrical prose--at once ironic and elegiac--is addictive, his insights acutely compassionate. The tales are haunting and profound."
--Publishers Weekly

"A textbook for anyone who ever wanted to write a story, and a treasure for anyone who loves to read them."
--Madision Smartt Bell, USA Today

"The range of characters that Trevor manages to bring onstage is little short of astonishing. . . . A remarkable record of the distinctive imprint that Trevor has left on what is arguably this century's quintessential art form."
--New York Newsday

-Extraordinary . . . Mr. Trevor's sheer intensity of entry into the lives of his people . . . proceeds to uncover new layers of yearning and pain, new angles of vision and credible thought.-
--The New York Times Book Review

-One of the finest writers now at work in our language . . . No writer practicing the form today moves with nimbler assurances than Trevor across such an impressive gamut of social types and emotional connections.-
--The Boston Globe

-The indisputable master of twentieth-century fiction . . . Trevor's carefully chiseled, lyrical prose--at once ironic and elegiac--is addictive, his insights acutely compassionate. The tales are haunting and profound.-
--Publishers Weekly

-A textbook for anyone who ever wanted to write a story, and a treasure for anyone who loves to read them.-
--Madision Smartt Bell, USA Today

-The range of characters that Trevor manages to bring onstage is little short of astonishing. . . . A remarkable record of the distinctive imprint that Trevor has left on what is arguably this century's quintessential art form.-
--New York Newsday

About the Author:

William Trevor was born in 1928 at Mitchelstown, County Cork, spent his childhood in provincial Ireland, and now lives in Devon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0670841293
• ISBN 13: 9780670841295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1280