A Bit on the Side
From these slender moments Trevor creates whole lives, conjuring up characters marked by bitterness and loss. William Trevor's graceful prose is a wonder in itself, and as convincing when inhabiting the mind of a school lunchmaid, an adulterous Irish country librarian or a murderer on the London...
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From these slender moments Trevor creates whole lives, conjuring up characters marked by bitterness and loss. William Trevor's graceful prose is a wonder in itself, and as convincing when inhabiting the mind of a school lunchmaid, an adulterous Irish country librarian or a murderer on the London streets. And as is always the case with William Trevor, venom and tragedy are never far from the still surface of the stories.At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor's characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143035916 (0143035916)
Publish date: September 27th 2005
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
A Bit On The Side shows its stripes without so much as attempting to disguise them. Focusing on fluid language and moments of visceral impact, the tragedies and sad circumstances that beset the characters in A Bit On The Side truly reveal the tenuous nature of fragile relationships. Whether caught o...
3* - Love and Summer3* - The Collected Stories3* - Cheating at Canasta3* - My House in Umbria2* - The Distant Past and Other Stories3* - A Bit on the SideIt seems that I consistently enjoy William Trevor, and had never realised until bunched all the titles together here. hah!
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