{"product_id":"ireland-isbn-9780140277593","title":"Ireland","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Trevor's \u003ci\u003eLast Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming from Viking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Trevor\u003c\/b\u003e 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.Ireland       Author's Note\u003cbr\u003eThe Ballroom of Romance\u003cbr\u003eThe Distant Past\u003cbr\u003eTeresa's Wedding\u003cbr\u003eDeath in Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eDownstairs at Fitzgerald's\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Pale\u003cbr\u003eAn Evening with John Joe Dempsey\u003cbr\u003eAutumn Sunshine\u003cbr\u003eThe Paradise Lounge\u003cbr\u003eTwo More Gallants\u003cbr\u003eThe News from Ireland\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Party\u003cbr\u003eEvents at Drimaghleen\u003cbr\u003eFamily Sins\u003cbr\u003eThe Piano Tuner's Wives\u003cbr\u003eHoneymoon in Tramore\u003cbr\u003eLost Ground\u003cbr\u003eAugust Saturday\u003cbr\u003eKathleen's Field\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.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303740199141,"sku":"NP9780140277593","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140277593.jpg?v=1767730173","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ireland-isbn-9780140277593","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}