My daughter gave me William Trevor’s Selected Stories for Christmas a couple of years ago. I put it on the bookshelf and then forgot about it. So. I’m going to make it a goal to read the collection in 2012. I’ll list the title here as I read each story and then do a wrap-up at the end of the year.
About William Trevor (from the book cover): William Trevor was born in Middletown, County Cork, in 1928 and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of fourteen novels and twelve collections of short stories and has won many prizes, including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. He lives in Devon, England.
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Good luck with this!
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Sounds like a book I should tell John to read. Thanks Mary! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Good for you!
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Ohhhhhh I love William Trevor’s short stories. I’m jealous that you have this pleasure ahead of you still – something to anticipate! His stories don’t always have happy endings, but the bittersweet qualities and gentle narratives a pure magic – happy reading.
PS found you via Snapshot Saturday 🙂
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Thanks for sharing your take on Trevor’s stories! I’m looking forward to reading them. I love your description: “the bittersweet qualities and gentle narratives a pure magic”.
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[…] added a new reading goal for 2012: Read SELECTED STORIES by William Trevor. It has been on my shelf since Christmas 2010 – a gift from my daughter. I […]
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Mary, this one is actually on my wish list and someone ??? mentioned how beautiful the stories were. Hope you enjoy it.
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