The Hill Bachelors
The Hill Bachelors by William Trevor is a collection of twelve short stories published by Penguin Adult on July 5, 2001. This edition, written in English and spanning 256 pages, presents a thoughtful exploration of human relationships and the complexities of missed opportunities. Each story delves into the lives of various characters, revealing their struggles with love, family, and the choices that define them.
Readers will find a range of narratives that highlight the emotional landscapes of men and women, from a young girl hoping for a movie role to mend her family to a young man torn between love and solitude on a family farm. The stories are set against the backdrop of Ireland, capturing the intricate dynamics of personal connections and the poignant moments that shape lives. This collection showcases Trevor’s keen insight into the human condition, making it a significant addition to the realm of fiction and short stories.
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The Hill Bachelors – a remarkable collection of stories from the master storyteller William Trevor
‘There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world’ The Wall Street Journal
The Hill Bachelors is a stunning meditation on men and women and the heartbreak of missed opportunities: three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love’s consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part will heal her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid the terrible beauty of Ireland after the Rebellion; and in the title story a young man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on the family farm. These twelve beautifully rendered tales reveal Trevor’s unrivalled compassion for the human condition.
‘His tight perfected short stories – each an astonishing performance in which melodramatic situations are turned by acute psychological insight into classic drama – make him the greatest living writer in English’ Weekly Standard
Readers of The Story of Lucy Gault and Love and Summer will adore The Hill Bachelors. It will also be cherished by readers of Colm Toibin and William Boyd.
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown County Cork. He has written eighteen novels and novellas and hundreds of short stories for which he has won a number of prizes including the Hawthornden Prize the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime’s literary achievement. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. His books in Penguin are: After Rain; A Bit on the Side; Bodily Secrets; Cheating at Canasta; The Children of Dynmouth; The Collected Stories (Volumes One and Two); Death in Summer; Felicia’s Journey; Fools of Fortune; The Hill Bachelors; Love and Summer; The Mark-2 Wife; Selected Stories; The Story of Lucy Gault and Two Lives.
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