{"product_id":"selected-stories-isbn-9780143115960","title":"Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected as one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 10  Best Books of the Year. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the  Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, William  Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our era. Over a career  spanning more than half a century, Trevor has crafted exquisitely  rendered tales that brilliantly illuminate the human condition. A  powerful collection by \"the greatest living writer of short stories in  the English language\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eSelected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e brings together forty-eight stories from \u003ci\u003eAfter Rain, The Hill  Bachelors, A Bit on the Side\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCheating at Canasta\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303860981989,"sku":"NP9780143115960","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115960.jpg?v=1767736323","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/selected-stories-isbn-9780143115960","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}