The collected stories
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The collected stories
Penguin, 1993
- : pbk
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The Collected Stories - a stunning volume of William Trevor's unforgettable short stories
William Trevor is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart. Here is a collection of his short fiction, with dozens of tales spanning his career and ranging from the moving to the macabre, the humorous to the haunting. From the penetrating 'Memories of Youghal' to the bittersweet 'Bodily Secrets' and the elegiac 'Two More Gallants', here are masterpieces of insight, depth, drama and humanity, acutely rendered by a modern master.
'A textbook for anyone who ever wanted to write a story, and a treasure for anyone who loves to read them' Madison Smartt Bell
'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
Table of Contents
- The Collected Stories A Meeting in Middle Age Access to the Children The General's Day Memories of Youghal The Table A School Story The Penthouse Apartment In at the Birth The Introspections of J. P. Powers The Day We Got Drunk on Cake Miss Smith The Hotel of the Idle Moon Nice Day at School The Original Sins of Edward Tripp The Forty-seventh Saturday The Ballroom of Romance A Happy Family The Grass Widows The Mark-2 Wife An Evening with John Joe Dempsey Kinkies Going Home A Choice of Butchers O Fat White Woman Raymond Bamber and Mrs. Fitch The Distant Past In Isfahan Angels at the Ritz The Death of Peggy Meehan Mrs. Silly A Complicated Nature Teresa's Wedding Office Romances Mr. McNamara Afternoon Dancing Last Wishes Mrs. Acland's Ghosts Another Christmas Broken Homes Matilda's England: 1. The Tennis Court
- 2. The Summer-house
- 3. The Drawing-room Torridge Death in Jerusalem Lovers of Their Time The Raising of Elvira Tremlett Flights of Fancy Attracta A Dream of Butterflies The Bedroom Eyes of Mrs. Vansittart Downstairs at Fitzgerald's Mulvihill's Memorial Beyond the Pale The Blue Dress The Teddy-bears' Picnic The Time of Year Being Stolen From Mr Tennyson Autumn Sunshine Sunday Drinks The Paradise Lounge Mags The News from Ireland On the Zattere The Wedding in the Garden Lunch in Winter The Property of Colette Nervi Running Away Cocktails at Doney's Her Mother's Daughter Bodily Secrets Two More Gallants The Smoke Trees of San Pietro Virgins Music Events at Drimaghleen Family Sins A Trinity The Third Party Honeymoon in Tramore The Printmaker In Love with Ariadne A Husband's Return Coffee with Oliver August Saturday Children of the Headmaster Kathleen's Field Acknowledgments
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