{"product_id":"2940170492633","title":"A Bit on the Side: Stories","description":"William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. These twelve stories include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe waiter who divulges his shocking life of crime to his ex-wife.\u003cbr\u003eA woman repeats the story of her parents' unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy.\u003cbr\u003eThe schoolgirl who regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her.\u003cbr\u003eA middle-aged couple meet in a theatre bar for a squalid blind date.\u003cbr\u003eThe disappointed priest who fears an innocent young girl may run away from home.\u003cbr\u003eTwo self-certain sisters visit a newly widowed local woman.\u003cbr\u003eAnd, in the volume's title story, a middle-age accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom these slender moments Trevor creates whole lives, conjuring up characters marked by bitterness and loss. William Trevor's graceful prose is a wonder in itself, and as convincing when inhabiting the mind of a school lunchmaid, an adulterous Irish country librarian or a murderer on the London streets. And as is always the case with William Trevor, venom and tragedy are never far from the still surface of the stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor's characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098442678512,"sku":"2940170492633","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170492633_p0.jpg?v=1763710778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170492633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}