{"product_id":"2026100007861-secondhand-collected-stories","title":"Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good. Jacket: Slipcase: Good — some wear and minor scuffing to slipcase edges and corners. No dust jacket — cloth boards in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight binding, no loose pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers have captured the quiet devastation of ordinary life with the precision and tenderness of William Trevor. His Collected Stories — presented here in a handsome two-volume set — gathers decades of masterful short fiction, chronicling the lives of the Irish and English with an unflinching yet compassionate eye. From lonely widows to estranged lovers, from provincial towns to the drawing rooms of the faded gentry, each story illuminates the small betrayals, missed connections, and fragile dignities that define the human condition.\n\nTrevor, widely regarded as one of the greatest short story writers of the twentieth century, constructs his narratives with a deceptively spare prose style that conceals enormous emotional depth. His work stands alongside that of Chekhov and Alice Munro in its ability to compress entire lifetimes of longing into a few luminous pages. This definitive collection presents the full arc of his achievement — essential reading for any lover of literary fiction, and an enduring testament to the power of the short story form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130489938139,"sku":"2026100007861-SECONDHAND","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d151500e-992e-45ca-beae-4ac2d6aa024f.png?v=1786585947","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007861-secondhand-collected-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}