Well, Kim (Reading Matters) and Cathy's (746 Books) "A year with William Trevor" project is all but over, and I've only done one post - on the titular story in the little The dressmaker's child collection. The second story, "The hill bachelors" (as in bachelors living in the hills), was first published in his collection … Continue reading William Trevor, The hill bachelors (#Review)
William Trevor
William Trevor, The dressmaker’s child (#Review)
I knew, when Kim (Reading Matters) and Cathy (746 Books) announced their "A year with William Trevor" project, that I had a little book containing some William Trevor short stories but, could I find it? Nope. It was a little book after all. And then, voilà, just the other day while I was doing my … Continue reading William Trevor, The dressmaker’s child (#Review)
William Trevor, The woman of the house
[WARNING: SPOILERS, if you think it matters] According to Wikipedia,William Trevor's characters "are usually marginalised members of society: children, old people, single middle-aged men and women, or the unhappily married." This is certainly the case with Trevor's short story, The woman of the house, which was published last year in The New Yorker. All four … Continue reading William Trevor, The woman of the house
Whispering Gums 