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The beloved and acclaimed William Trevor's last ten stories 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.

After nineteen years of marriage, three children and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go to hospital for an emergency operation. From her hospital bed she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17 year old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc she caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

Una donna non più giovane cerca marito in una sala da ballo.Un ragazzo che ha appena perso il padre ne scopre i segreti in un albergo di Dublino.Un giovanotto di campagna sposa la ragazza dei suoi sogni in seguito a una misteriosa gravidanza.Tre storie irlandesi animate da una malinconica tensione, mentre la vita scorre in queste esistenze all'apparenza ordinarie.

Featuring 48 masterfully crafted tales, this collection showcases the profound insights into the human condition that define the author's work. Celebrated as a leading contemporary short story writer, the stories explore a range of themes and emotions, offering readers a rich tapestry of experiences. Each narrative is a testament to the author's skill in capturing the complexities of life, making this anthology a significant contribution to the genre.

William Trevor has been acclaimed as the greatest contemporary writer of short stories in the English language, likened to Chekhov for his insights into human nature. These three tales of obsession, heartbreak, silent sorrow and the small tragedies of ordinary lives are profound, immaculate and beautiful.

Vor vier Jahren saß Mallory noch gemeinsam mit seiner Frau in Harrys Bar in Venedig. Inzwischen ist ihre Krankheit so weit vorangeschritten, dass sie ihn zuweilen nicht einmal mehr erkennt. Die einzige Brücke zwischen ihnen ist das Canasta-Spiel, bei dem er sie absichtlich gewinnen lässt, um ihr einen Augenblick des Glücks zu bescheren. Es sind Momentaufnahmen wie diese, die William Trevor immer wieder auf unvergleichliche Weise einzufangen versteht. Dabei stellt er die unterschiedlichsten Menschen in den Mittelpunkt seiner Erzählungen. Mal sind es Halbstarke, die in ihrem Geltungswahn jedes Maß verlieren, mal zwei Erwachsene, die es für eine gute Idee halten, eine Patchworkfamilie zu gründen, aber an ihren Kindern scheitern; dann wieder gerät eine alte Frau in einen quälenden Konflikt, weil sie gegen den Willen ihres sterbenden Mannes dem Wunsch ihrer Nachkommen zustimmt, Heim und Hof zu verkaufen. Ob es um Liebe, Familie, Tod oder den Widerstreit zwischen Tradition und Moderne geht: Stets erzählt Trevor in seinen tief bewegenden Geschichten über die Zerbrechlichkeit des Glücks. „Der unangefochtene Meister der Short Story.“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung „Ein souveräner Erzähler und Stilist.“ Süddeutsche Zeitung

Timothy Gedge, an awkward and lonely teenager, explores the dull seaside town of Dynmouth, developing a troubling fascination with the adults' lives. They only recognize the sinister intentions behind his curiosity when it's too late.

It�s summer and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesn�t go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger appears on his bicycle and begins photographing the mourners at Mrs Connulty�s funeral. Florian Kilderry couldn't know that the Connultys were said to own half the town; and, in any case, he had come to Rathmoye only to see the scorched remains of the cinema. But Mrs Connulty's daughter, liberated at last by the death of her imperious mother, resolves to keep an eye on Florian Kilderry, and it's she who comes to witness the events that follow. A few miles out in the country a farmer called Dillahan lives with the knowledge that he was accidentally responsible for the deaths of his wife and baby. He has married again: Ellie is the young convent girl who came to work for him when he was widowed. But she falls in love with Florian and though he plans to leave Ireland, a dangerously reckless attachment develops between them . In a characteristically masterly way Trevor evokes the passions and frustrations felt by Ellie and Florian, and by the people of a small Irish town during one long summer.

It's the late 1950s, and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesn't go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger appears on his bicycle and begins photographing the mourners at Mrs Connulty's funeral.