The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories by William Trevor is a comprehensive anthology published by Penguin on December 1, 1993, featuring 1280 pages in English. This collection showcases Trevor’s mastery of the short story form, illuminating the everyday lives of Ireland and its citizens through a series of narratives that explore the nuances of human experience.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of stories that delve into the comforts and frustrations of rural life, the intricacies of family dynamics, and the complexities of love. This edition includes tales from Trevor’s seven previous collections, along with four stories previously unpublished in America. The narratives reveal the subtle connections that bind individuals together, as well as the isolation that can accompany longing and desire.
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A collection of short stories from celebrated author William Trevor in which he shines a light on the day-to-day life of Ireland and its citizens.
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. 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.
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. They depict the comforts and frustrations of life in rural Ireland, the complexities of family relationships, and the elusive grace of love. They portray the almost invisible strands that bind people to each other as well as the chains that imprison them in solitary yearning.
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