“william trevor”

William Trevor's astonishing range as a writer--his humor, subtlety, and compassionate grasp of human behavior--is fully demonstrated in these two short novels. In Reading Turgenev, a lonely country girl escapes her loveless marriage in the arms of a bookish young man. In My House in Umbria, a forme... More

Felicia is unmarried, pregnant, and penniless. She steals away from a small Irish town and drifts through the industrial English Midlands, searching for the boyfriend who left her. Instead she meets up with Mr. Hilditch, who is rooking for a new friend to join the five other girls in his Memory Lane... More

Reviewers loved Gay's two novels and hailed him as "the big new name to include in the storied annals of Southern Literature" ("Esquire.") The 13 new stories are driven by the grizzled, everyday folks that Gay is famous for bringing to life.William Gay established himself as "the big new name to inc... More

Chosen by the editors of "The New York Times Book Review" as one of the eight best books of 1996, "After Rain" presents a collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered stories that plumb the depths of the human heart. "Short fiction at its finest".--"San Francisco Chronicle".William Trevor has lon... More

This collection of 12 beautifully rendered tales is an elegant, heartbreaking book about men and women and their missed opportunities. A "New York Times" Notable Book.... More

Mrs. Emily Delahunty-a mysterious and not entirely trustworthy former madam-quietly runs a "pensione" in the Italian countryside and writes romance novels while she muses on her checkered past. Then one day her world is changed forever as the train she is riding in is blown up by terrorists. Taken t... More

What began simply in Ireland as entertainment and communication through the spoken word soon grew into an extraordinary literary form unmatched in any other country. The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories triumphantly demonstrates the development of the short story in Ireland--from the early folk ta... More

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ... More

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this stunning novel from the author of "Felicia's Journey" is a brilliant, subtle, and moving story of love, guilt, and forgiveness set in early 1920s Ireland. A "New York Times" Notable Book.The stunning new novel from highly acclaimed author William Trevor is ... More