After Rain: Stories - Hardcover

Trevor, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670870072 ISBN 13: 9780670870073

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1996

Synopsis

Twelve short stories about the revenge of love and indifference includes tales of a gay man's resentment of his parents, two children of divorce who mimic their parents, and the second wife of a blind piano tuner who distorts his memories of his first wife. 40,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.

About this title

Review:

After Rain consists of 12 short stories of love and disillusion by one of the current masters of fiction, William Trevor. Among the stories are "The Piano Tuner's Wife," which tells of a woman who lies to her blind husband; "Marrying Damian," in which an elderly married couple overlook their past differences; and the title story, a tale of a woman's vacation in Italy and the revelations of her heart. Each carefully crafted story offers a glimpse into another world that somehow reminds us of our own.

From the Inside Flap:

Here is a new collection of twelve absorbing, deeply compassionate tales that reveal the subtle revenges of love and indifference, the deep wells of affection, and the strange, breathtaking tricks of chance that make up the texture of our lives.  In the rain-washed Italian hills, a forgotten artist's Annunciation brings light to a heartbroken woman; insidiously, in her struggle for love, the second wife of a blind piano tuner distorts his memories of the first; two children, survivors of divorce, mimic their parents' dramas and passions; a mother, tied through love and fear to her son, watches with helpless dread as she realizes the monster he has become.  

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0670870072
• ISBN 13: 9780670870073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224