A Bit On The Side

from Juva

This collection of short stories examines everyday life and relationships. The stories are intimate and self-contained. The characters are so real and the tiny dramas of their lives calls out the beauty of real life. It makes one appreciate the mundane details and see the loveliness of simply bei...

from Cariola

This small collection of short stories was a bit of a disappointment. I have enjoyed several of Trevor's novels and story collections, but this one just didn't move me like other of his works. For the most part, the stories are about ordinary, mousey, even dull people living ordinary, dull lives....

from Ibreak4books

I mean, Trevor is a great writer, but these stories seemed so FAMILIAR. Maybe the Irish village thing is played out.

from hardlyhardy

Tenderness. Sensitivity. Delicacy. Such are the words that come to mind when I consider the short stories in William Trevor's 2004 collection “A Bit on the Side.” Trevor, who died in 2016, spent most of his life in England, but he was born and raised in Ireland, where most of the dozen stories i...

from hardlyhardy

Tenderness. Sensitivity. Delicacy. Such are the words that come to mind when I consider the short stories in William Trevor's 2004 collection “A Bit on the Side.” Trevor, who died in 2016, spent most of his life in England, but he was born and raised in Ireland, where most of the dozen stories i...