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The Hill Bachelors
by Trevor, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing, green boards, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight. Unread.
- ISBN 10
- 0670892564
- ISBN 13
- 9780670892563
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Viking, 2000. 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing, green boards, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight. Unread.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The Hill Bachelors - a remarkable collection of stories from the master storyteller William Trevor. 'There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world' The Wall Street Journal The Hill Bachelors is a stunning meditation on men and women and the heartbreak of missed opportunities: three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part will heal her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid the terrible beauty of Ireland after the Rebellion; and in the title story, a young man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on the family farm. These twelve beautifully rendered tales reveal Trevor's unrivalled compassion for the human condition. 'His tight, perfected short stories - each an astonishing performance in which melodramatic situations are turned, by acute psychological insight, into classic drama - make him the greatest living writer in English' Weekly Standard. Readers of The Story of Lucy Gault and Love and Summer will adore The Hill Bachelors. It will also be cherished by readers of Colm Toibin and William Boyd.
Synopsis
His first collection since the bestselling After Rain , William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors is a heartbreaking book about men and women and their missed opportunities: four people live in a suburban house, frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a part in a movie will heal her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid the chaos of Ireland after the Rebellion; and in the title story, a young man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on the family farm. These beautifully rendered tales reveal Trevor's compassion for the human condition and confirm once again his position as one of the premier writers of the short story.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132082
- Title
- The Hill Bachelors
- Author
- Trevor, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing, green boards, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight. Unread.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670892564
- ISBN 13
- 9780670892563
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 245
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, short stories, William Trevor
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.43 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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