- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: Penguin (5 Nov 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140957863
- ISBN-13: 978-0140957860
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 16.4 x 12 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 362,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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William Trevor's Collected Stories was published in 1992 to great acclaim. Since then he has published four new collections: After Rain, The Hill Bachelors, A Bit on the Side and Cheating at Canasta. The stories from these later collections have now been added to those in the 1992 book, to make two highly collectable volumes containing the complete shorter fiction of 'the greatest living writer of short stories' (John Banville).
About the Author
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His latest novel, Love and Summer, is published in August 2009. His most recent short-story collection was Cheating at Canasta (2007). In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. He now lives in Devon.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm not going to review Trevor's ability as a short story writer - plenty have done that already. All I can add is that, for me, he's up there with Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Nabokov and John Cheever, part of that small group of short story writers who happily and ably carry Chekhov's mantle. I bought this collection to fill a few gaps and because it promised to be a high quality product. However, it's beautifully designed, but horribly printed. Nasty, cheap paper and printing completely undermine the ambition of creating such - on the surface - a lovely looking object. Each time I have started reading from the book, immersing myself in a new story, I found it hard not to be galled and distracted by Penguin's meanness. There are plenty of paperbacks whose production standard and tactile pleasures are far, far greater.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truly wonderful book: dozens of short stories of consistently high quality by one of the really great figures in literature. Trevor uses words with great precision and economy to depict a whole world and portray a complex and ambivalent character within paragraphs. His two special tricks are the use of incredibly flat, deadpan prose to tell us about something really horrible or astonishingy bizarre; and the use of incredibly funny, almost surreal dialogue.
The earlier stories are sometimes blackly humorous and macabre. The latter ones have an autumnal and elegaic feel. It is hard to know which type to prefer, or to pick a favourite. A personal top six would be "Memories of Youghal", "An Evening with John Joe Dempsey", "Mrs Silly", "Bodily Secrets", "Two More Gallants" and "Coffee with Oliver". But another half dozen would do just as well. One feels there is a trick, to have produced so much with such excellence. But there is no trick: just constant excellence.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truly wonderful book: dozens of short stories of consistently high quality by one of the really great figures in literature. Trevor uses words with great precision and economy to depict a whole world and portray a complex and ambivalent character within paragraphs. His two special tricks are the use of incredibly flat, deadpan prose to tell us about something really horrible or astonishingy bizarre; and the use of incredibly funny, almost surreal dialogue.
The earlier stories are sometimes blackly humorous and macabre. The latter ones have an autumnal and elegaic feel. It is hard to know which type to prefer, or to pick a favourite. A personal top six would be "Memories of Youghal", "An Evening with John Joe Dempsey", "Mrs Silly", "Bodily Secrets", "Two More Gallants" and "Coffee with Oliver". But another half dozen would do just as well. One feels there is a trick, to have produced so much with such excellence. But there is no trick: just constant excellence.
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Master of the trade
This book contains only perfect short stories. No other writer, not even Roald Dahl or John Cheever are remotely as good as William Trevor. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Reinout
Great stories, poor publishing
This is a terrific set of the collected William Trevor short stories. Other reviewers have commented on the excellence of Trevor's work and I agree : the stories deserve a 5 star... Read more
Published on 5 April 2010 by A reader
Every story a miniature masterpiece
Even with the generous Amazon discount on this two volume set it an expensive buy, but worth every penny. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2010 by Mr. S. F. Carr
COLLECTED STORIES by William Trevor
This is a cause for celebration. Trevor is a master of the short story, and having all of his work published extant makes this boxed set a desert island necessity. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2009 by Matthew Lage
I look at all the lonely people
Wow! This guy is a master of the short story.
If this book were a song it would be Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.
Tales of people with sad, passive lives. Read more
If this book were a song it would be Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.
Tales of people with sad, passive lives. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by dangermash
Master of the Short Story
I first discovered William Trevor when I read his novel The Story of Lucy Gault. I found his descriptive ability excellent and felt that I was quickly drawn into the story because... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2009 by D. Hendrickson
My desert island book
This is my favourite book ever, a collection from the pen of a complete master. Trevor is unmatched, in Europe at least, for his skill at drafting short stories of insight, depth,... Read more
Published on 30 April 1999
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