Last Stories (Trevor short story collection)

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Last Stories
Author William Trevor
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date
15 May 2018
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages220

Last Stories, published in 2018, is a short story collection by William Trevor. [1]

Reception

According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on nineteen critic reviews with sixteen being "rave" and two being "positive" and one being "mixed". [2] In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg (4.40 out of 5) from the site which was based on four critic reviews. [3] On Bookmarks July/August 2018 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "And yet his short fiction, "elegiac and profoundly resonant" (New York Journal of Books), cuts to the heart". [4]

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References

  1. Cummins, Anthony (27 May 2018). "Last Stories by William Trevor review – the master's final dispatches". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  2. "Last Stories". Book Marks. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. "Last Stories Reviews". Books in the Media. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. "Last Stories". Bookmarks. Retrieved 14 January 2023.