A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK**
The beloved and acclaimed William Trevor's last ten stories
The great Irish writer, who died in 2016 at the age of 88, captured
turning points in individual lives with effective understatement. This
seemingly quiet but ultimately volcanic collection is his final gift to
us, and it is filled with action sprung from human feeling.
--The New York Times Book Review
With a career that spanned more than half a century, William Trevor is
regarded as one of the best writers of short stories in the English
language. Now, in Last Stories, the master storyteller delivers ten
exquisitely rendered tales--nine of which have never been published in
book form--that illuminate the human condition and will surely linger in
the reader's mind long after closing the book. Subtle yet powerful,
Trevor gives us insights into the lives of ordinary people. We encounter
a tutor and his pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they
meet again years later; a young girl who discovers the mother she
believed dead is alive and well; and a piano-teacher who accepts her
pupil's theft in exchange for his beautiful music. This final and
special collection is a gift to lovers of literature and Trevor's many
admirers, and affirms his place as one of the world's greatest
storytellers.
