{"product_id":"ireland-paperback-1","title":"Ireland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Trevor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Trevor's \u003ci\u003eLast Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming from Viking.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Trevor has long been hailed as one of the greatest living writers of short fiction. These nineteen stories--selected by Trevor himself from \u003cb\u003eThe Collected Stories\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAfter Rain\u003c\/b\u003e--capture the nuances of rural and middle-class life in the Ireland he knows so well. Here are its people, their lives driven by love, faith, and duty, surviving in a culture that blends tradition with transformation. In spare and eloquent prose Trevor's stories engage and provoke us as only the best fiction can.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Trevor \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of twenty-nine books, including \u003ci\u003eFelicia's Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and was made into a motion picture, and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Lucy Gault, \u003c\/i\u003e which was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. In 1996 he was the recipient of the Lannan Award for Fiction. In 2001, he won the Irish Times Literature Prize for fiction. Two of his books were chosen by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as best books of the year, and his short stories appeared regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1997, he was named Honorary Commander of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764251918624,"sku":"9780140277593","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a0e30095f194a59ee3837692ce77743.webp?v=1780246879","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ireland-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}