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Description for After Rain
hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper
William Trevor has long been hailed as one of the greatest living writers of short story. In this collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered tales, he once again plumbs the depths of the human heart. Here we encounter a blind piano turner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between her indignant husband and her closest friend; two children, survivors of divorce, who mimic their parents' melodramas; and a heartbroken woman traveling alone in Italy who experiences an epiphany while studying a forgotten artists's Annunciation. ... Read more
William Trevor has long been hailed as one of the greatest living writers of short story. In this collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered tales, he once again plumbs the depths of the human heart. Here we encounter a blind piano turner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between her indignant husband and her closest friend; two children, survivors of divorce, who mimic their parents' melodramas; and a heartbroken woman traveling alone in Italy who experiences an epiphany while studying a forgotten artists's Annunciation. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Viking Adult
Condition
Used, Very Good
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780670870073
SKU
KSG0026702
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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