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A Bit on the Side

A Bit on the Side

by WilliamTrevor (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

    $3.28

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

Tender, touching and beautifully humane, this collection of short stories explores the subject of adultery, and tells of secret passions, domestic infidelities, office romances and the broken and unbroken rules of love.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Viking
Published: 06 May 2004
ISBN 10: 0670915076
ISBN 13: 9780670915071

Media Reviews
Reading the Irish writer William Trevor is like drinking cool water when you are tired. You may think you want something stronger or fizzier than his understated prose and his calm understanding of the human condition; but before long you realise that he is providing the kind of refreshment you really need.... His [10]th volume of short stories shows him at his best.... He holds the attention without any melodrama or cheap tricks.
-- The Sunday Telegraph, April 18, 2004
Beautiful, spartan prose...His characters are concisely drawn. [They] understand the consolations of sympathy. [This] is a suggestion that lends a human quality to his writing.
-- Saturday Telegraph, April 24, 2004
Perfectly crafted stories... In his tenth book of stories William Trevor displays a matter-of-fact mastery. His tone and material are distinctive without any striving-it's rare for him to raise his voice.... Trevor keeps his point of view fluid, so that the reader's impressions of a central character can be enriched by other people's.... Trevor has laid claim to a large stretch of human terrain. He must go on exploring it, even at the risk of turning it into a private and increasingly imaginary country. Call it Trevorland.
-- The Observer, April 25, 2004
Praise for William Trevor:
The greatest living writer in English is an Anglo-Irishman named William Trevor. . . . It might seem presumptuous to speak about Trevor in Shakespearean terms, but he is among the few contemporary writers who warrant the comparison.
-- The Globe and Mail
One of the pre-eminent writers of his generation. He is arguably the finest story writer from the era that may have seen the form reach itsapex.
-- Toronto Star
Often spoken of in the same breath as Joyce and Chekhov, Trevor shares both writers' subtlety, and, like them, is able to create distinct and mysterious worlds.
-- National Post
One of the greatest writers alive.
-- The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax)

From the Hardcover edition.

Author Bio
William Trevor won the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and the Irish Times Literature Prize for his last collection of short stories. His most recent novel, The Story of Lucy Gault, was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Award in 2002. William Trevor was knighted for his services to literature in 2002.