Results for "Trevor, William"

“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 ... Read More about Selected Stories

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKThe beloved and acclaimed William Trevor's last ten stories"The great Irish writer, who died in 2016 at the age of 88, captured turning points in individual lives with effective understatement. This seemingly quiet but ultimately volcanic collection is his final gif... Read More about Last Stories

"The Story of Lucy Gault . . . once read, will never be forgotten."—The Washington Post Book World"Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov."—Wall Street JournalThe stunning novel from highly acclaimed author William Trevor is a brilliant, subtle, and moving story of love, guilt, and forgiveness... Read More about The Story of Lucy Gault: A Novel

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... Read More about The Collected Stories

Ireland has been called a nation of story-tellers. "Stories of one kind or another have a way of pressing themselves into Irish conversation, both as entertainment and as a form of communication," writes William Trevor. "For centuries they have been offered to strangers, almost as hospitality is: ta... Read More about The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse)

To provide a fresh perspective--from new and unexpected points of view--Sondra Stang gathers together a number of distinguished writers and critics to prove Ford and his works. Among the many contributors commenting on Ford for the first time are C. H. Sisson, William H. Pritchard, Alison Lurie, Den... Read More about The Presence of Ford Madox Ford (Anniversary Collection)