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Library Journal
Trevor is heir to Elizabeth Bowen as an Irish writer who has mastered the English tradition and heir apparent to V.S. Pritchett as master of the short story. These dozen stories delicately evoke the emotional limits of disciplined lives: ''Rewards for decency are not duly handed out.'' Incidental details of daily existence are for Trevor shaped by family sins of omission, notably absent or distant parents, children, or spouses. These stories extract genuine pathos from the perseverance of ordinary characters in comfortless situations. Trevor does not patronize the unhappy. Of late his milieu is often rural and suburban Ireland, frequently in the late 1940s, and these stories will be especially welcomed by readers of his last collection, The News from Ireland ( LJ 4/1/86), and novel, The Silence in the Garden ( LJ 10/1/88).-- John P. Harrington, Cooper Union, New York
Trevor is heir to Elizabeth Bowen as an Irish writer who has mastered the English tradition and heir apparent to V.S. Pritchett as master of the short story. These dozen stories delicately evoke the emotional limits of disciplined lives: ''Rewards for decency are not duly handed out.'' Incidental details of daily existence are for Trevor shaped by family sins of omission, notably absent or distant parents, children, or spouses. These stories extract genuine pathos from the perseverance of ordinary characters in comfortless situations. Trevor does not patronize the unhappy. Of late his milieu is often rural and suburban Ireland, frequently in the late 1940s, and these stories will be especially welcomed by readers of his last collection, The News from Ireland ( LJ 4/1/86), and novel, The Silence in the Garden ( LJ 10/1/88).-- John P. Harrington, Cooper Union, New York
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Hardback Editions
May 1990 : Hardback
| Title: Family Sins and Other Stories Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-670-83257-X / 978-0-670-83257-6 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1990 : Hardback
| Title: Family Sins and Other Stories Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-370-31374-7 / 978-0-370-31374-0 (UK edition) Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1989 : Hardback
| Title: Family Sins Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-88619-235-8 / 978-0-88619-235-8 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: Viking Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Family Sins and Other Stories Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-88619-441-5 / 978-0-88619-441-3 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: Key Porter Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Family Sins and Other Stories Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-88619-237-4 / 978-0-88619-237-2 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: Lester & Orpen Dennys Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
September 1991 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Trevor William : Family Sins and Other Stories (Us) Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-14-015429-9 / 978-0-14-015429-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1991 : Paperback
| Title: Family Sins and Other Stories Author(s): William Trevor ISBN: 0-14-013230-9 / 978-0-14-013230-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1990 : Paperback
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Other Editions
1990 : Unknown
| Title: Family Sins Author(s): William TREVOR Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon More details... |
1990 : Unknown
| Title: FAMILY SINS & OTHER STORIES. Author(s): William. Trevor Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon More details... |
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