They all showcase William Trevor’s recurring themes: the complexity of family dynamics and relationships between men and women the darker side of human nature missed opportunities and the ways in. 'Cheating at Canasta' is the title story of William Trevor's collection, his first since the highly acclaimed A Bit on the Side, and its themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories are entirely characteristic of his unparalleled oeuvre. Cheating at Canasta is a collection of short stories that were first published in the Guardian, the New Yorker, the Sewanee Review and Tatler. On another table, a young couple quarrel. Cheating at Canasta - an outstanding collection of stories by the master storyteller William Trevor There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world Wall Street Journal No matter what, Julia had said, aware then of what was coming, lets always play cards. The familiar ingredients are here: ordinary or downtrodden lives, many.
''No matter what,' Julia had said, aware then of what was coming, 'let's always play cards.' And they did for even with her memory gone, a little more of it each day - her children taken, her house, her flowerbeds, belongings, clothes - their games in the communal drawing room were a reality her affliction allowed.'Ī husband sits in Harry's Bar in Venice, thinking of his wife - lost to him now - whose plea has brought him back to one of their favourite haunts. This is by way of a preamble to William Trevor’s magisterial new collection of short stories, Cheating at Canasta.
'There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world' Wall Street Journal Cheating at Canasta - an outstanding collection of stories by the master storyteller William Trevor
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