The Mark-2 Wife

Name: The Mark-2 Wife
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Author: William Trevor
ISBN: 9780141970059

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William Trevor

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Paru le : 15/02/2011

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"It's like gadgets in shops. You buy a gadget and you develop an affection for it... but all of a sudden there are newer and better gadgets in the shops. More up-to-date models."William Trevor has been acclaimed as the greatest contemporary writer of short stories in the English language, likened to Chekhov for his insights into human nature. These three tales of obsession, heartbreak, silent sorrow and the small tragedies of ordinary lives are profound, immaculate and beautiful.
This book includes The Mark-2 Wife, The Time of Year and Cheating at Canasta.

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Date de parution : 15/02/2011
Editeur : PENGUIN
Collection : Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN : 978-0-14-197005-9
EAN : 9780141970059
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 80 pages

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- Pages : 80
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Biographie de William Trevor

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009.
In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.