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Un marito tradito che scopre che l'amante della moglie è un suo vecchio compagno di scuola, una ragazza che frequenta una sala da ballo in provincia alla ricerca dell'anima gemella, l'irrompere della tragedia in una famiglia di contadini e il loro impatto con i media, i viaggi d'affari a Dublino di un marito e padre apparentemente inappuntabile, su cui un figlio adolescente dovrà far luce, un prete di campagna alle prese con l'insensatezza del...

A collection of twelve tales includes stories about a waiter who reveals his shocking life of crime to his ex-wife, the disintegration of a marriage following a terrible tragedy, and a middle-aged accountant who ends a love affair.

William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.William Trevor has long been hailed as one of the greatest living writers of short fiction. These nineteen stories--selected by Trevor himself from The Collected Stories and After Rain--capture the nuances of rural and middle-class life in the Ireland he knows so well. Here are its people, their lives driven by love, faith, and duty, surviving in a culture that blends tradition with tran...

William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.Three novels by "a master craftsman and a deep creative talent."-The Times (London) In his first novel, The Old Boys, a group of septuagenarians revive schoolboy conflicts in the election of the President of the Association. Now, however, the men possess a fiercer understanding of the things in life that matter-power, revenge, hatred, love, and the failure of love-and intrigue and deceit...

The author's backlist has been given a new look in anticipation of his final short story collection, "Last Stories". William Trevor's career has spanned over 50 years, in which time he has won countless awards.

Ein großer irischer Erzähler." Die Zeit Nach ihrer ersten Liebesnacht mit Johnny wird Felicia, ein katholisches Mädchen aus Irland, schwanger. Der junge Mann aber ist längst von der Bildfläche verschwunden. Felicia weiß nur, dass er in England lebt und sie in ihrem Dorf nicht bleiben kann. Während ihrer verzweifelten Suche erschleicht sich der mysteriöse Mr. Hilditch Felicias Vertrauen. Zu spät merkt sie, dass er nicht der hilfsbereite Mann is...

Después de toda una vida dedicada a la creación literaria, William Trevor está considerado uno de los mejores narradores irlandeses vivos, a menudo comparado nada menos que con su ilustre compatriota James Joyce. Siete años después de publicar La historia de Lucy Gault editada también en Salamandra, esta última obra de Trevor, ambientada en una pequeña población de Irlanda durante un verano de finales de los años cincuenta, ha sido recibida po...

A marvelous collection from "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language" ("The New Yorker"), "Collected Stories" brings together 48 exquisitely rendered tales that brilliantly illuminate the human condition.

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William Bird has always taken in boarders who are on the fringes of society: the petty conman, the immigrant who's never been able to fit in, the blustering officer who really doesn't know what's what , and the just plain lonely. He's built a unique place with a unique atmosphere.

In the summer of 1904 Sarah Pollenfax, arrives at Carriglas, an island off the coast of Cork, to act as governess for her distant cousins. It's a magical time in a magical place. But when she comes back almost thirty years later, she discovers that there were things going on during that apparently idyllic summer which now horrify her.

The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge.

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Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel by William Trevor - a classic early novel by one of the world's greatest writers. The probings of an outsider bring havoc to a crumbling Dublin hotel. What was the tragedy that turned O'Neill's hotel from plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? Ivy Eckdorf is determined to find out.

Pur di sfuggire alla modesta fattoria in cui è nata e cresciuta e coronare il sogno di vivere in città, spinta dall'illusione del benessere e dell'affrancamento sociale, l'ingenua Mary Louise accetta di sposare il poco attraente Elmer, più vecchio di lei e desideroso di trovare moglie solo per dare un erede all'attività di famiglia. Si trova dunque intrappolata in un matrimonio senza amore, tormentata per giunta dalle cognate nubili che non le...

From the bestselling author of "The Story of Lucy Gault, Death in Summer, After Rain, " and "Felicia's Journey" comes a collection of short fiction. Trevor is a regular contributor to "The New Yorker" magazine.

No matter what, ' Julia had said, aware then of what was coming, 'let's always play cards.' And they did, for even with her memory gone, a little more of it each day - her children taken, her house, her flowerbeds, belongings, clothes - their games in the communal drawing room were a reality her affliction allowed. A husband sits in Harry's Bar in Venice, thinking of his wife - lost to him now - whose plea has brought him back to one of their ...

An astonishing collection of short stories from the master of his art. Each around the subject of love, be it adulterous, unspoken, clandestine, sometimes even cruel. William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen British Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002, he was knighted for his services to literature.

Irlanda 1921: in questo anno cruciale per la sua indipendenza, il paese è attraversato da tensioni e violenze. Il capitano Everard Gault, reo di aver sposato un'inglese, Heloise, decide di lasciare la sua casa a Lehardane e di rifugiarsi in Inghilterra in attesa che le acque si calmino. A questa decisione si ribella la piccola Lucy, la figlia, che decide di fuggire La bambina scompare, lasciando un unica traccia: un indumento che il mare resti...

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