{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-paperback","title":"The Collected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Trevor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Trevor: The Collected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Trevor \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of twenty-nine books, including \u003ci\u003eFelicia's Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and was made into a motion picture, and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Lucy Gault, \u003c\/i\u003e which was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. In 1996 he was the recipient of the Lannan Award for Fiction. In 2001, he won the Irish Times Literature Prize for fiction. Two of his books were chosen by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as best books of the year, and his short stories appeared regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1997, he was named Honorary Commander of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.99 x 9.09 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47456743129309,"sku":"9780140232455","price":45.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Wk9WVnZzOG83UGpEa3M2b3VpYm5UZz09.webp?v=1771601012","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-collected-stories-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}