The Hill Bachelors

William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.

His first collection since the bestselling After Rain, William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors is a heartbreaking book about men and women and their missed opportunities: four people live in a suburban house, frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a part in a movie will heal her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid the chaos of Ireland after the Rebellion; and in the title story, a young man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on the family farm. These beautifully rendered tales reveal Trevor's compassion for the human condition and confirm once again his position as one of the premier writers of the short story.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141002170
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.07w x 0.61d

Review Citations: New York Times 10/21/2001 pg. 36
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 89