Trapped people

“They were trapped with each other; for them,
it was too late to escape to a room where everything was clean and tidy.”
This short story collection by the master William Trevor brings together 73 classic short stories he wrote over two decades (1967-1992), including all the stories from his six collections: *The Day We Got Drunk on Cake*, *The Ballroom of Romance*, *Angels at the Ritz*, *Lovers of Their Time*, *Beyond the Pale*, and *News from Ireland*. These are all being published in China for the first time.
These are stories of ordinary people caught in life's dilemmas. They are trapped by family, marriage, desire, and interpersonal relationships; trapped by illusion, loneliness, murder, and old age... These stories embody the modern literary master's subtle insights into human nature and life. There is always a moment when we glimpse the subtle depths of human nature and the truth of life in their nightmarish predicaments.
Since its publication in 1992, this book has been selected as one of *The New York Times*'s Ten Best Books of the Year, *The Daily Telegraph*'s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, *The Guardian*'s 1000 Books You Must Read Before You Die, a finalist for the *Los Angeles Times* Book Prize, and one of *The Times*'s 100 Best Books of 2000-2009. It is one of Trevor's most widely circulated collections in the English-speaking world and has been hailed as a "textbook for storytelling."

2025-06-01

湖南文艺出版社

Pu Rui Culture

172

9787572623714