Cheating at Canasta

Name: Cheating at Canasta
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: William Trevor
ISBN: 9781490620534

Author: William Trevor

Narrator: Steven Crossley, Gerard Doyle, Heather O'Neill, Tim Gerard Reynolds

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/11/2014

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a true literary event. One of our finest chroniclers of the human condition, Trevor?s precise and unflinching insights into the lives of ordinary people are evidenced once again in this stunning collection of twelve stories. Subtle yet powerful, these exquisitely nuanced tales of regret, deception, adultery, aging, and forgiveness are a rare pleasure, and they confirm Trevor?s reputation as a master of the form. From a chance encounter between two childhood friends to memories of a newly widowed man to a family grappling with the sale of ancestral land, Trevor examines with grace and skill the tenuous bonds of our relationships, the strengths that hold us together, and the truths that threaten to separate us.

About William Trevor

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in 1928 and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of fourteen novels and thirteen collections of short stories, and he has won many prizes. His short stories appeared regularly in the New Yorker, and his Collected Stories was chosen by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as a Best Book of the Year. His novels include Love and Summer, nominated for the Man Booker Prize and selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; The Story of Lucy Gault, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, the Whitbread Fiction Prize, and also selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; and Death in Summer, a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book of the Year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 11, 2020

I have not always been a fan of short stories. It is only recently I have read a few collections and my former opinion (not my cup of tea) is changing. I am becoming a convert and Trevor is largely responsible. His characters are complex and his prose lovely. Happy endings? No. Many laughs? No. Thou......more

Goodreads review by Marica on October 08, 2018

Più misericordia Titolo originale: Cheating at Canasta (Barando a Canasta). Sembrava impossibile infatti che Trevor chiamasse “Uomini d'Irlanda” l'intera raccolta di racconti, dato che i personaggi sono uomini e donne. Trevor è un ottimo scrittore. Non mi è piaciuto per niente il sapore di sconfitta c......more

Goodreads review by Domenico Fina on February 11, 2018

(Questa è una recensione che ho pubblicato su un blog, è lunghetta ma su Trevor volevo dire molte sentite cose, poiché è molto meno letto di quanto meriti) William Trevor. Un'umanita in disparte Ammirato da John Banville e da Jhumpa Lahiri – scrittrice raffinata, vincitrice del Pulitzer – che ama la......more

Goodreads review by Héctor on December 30, 2017

Equilibrio, armonia, misura, mestiere, sentimento, compassione, malinconia, memoria… ecco gli ingredienti che danno sapore a questa raccolta. Lo stile di Trevis è uno stile lineare, privo di sensazionalismi e di voglia di stupire e questa già è una notizia, ché a guardarsi in giro è tutto uno sgomit......more