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Excursions in the real world : memoirs, William Trevor ; with illustrations by Lucy Willis
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- Summary
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- The New Yorker has called William Trevor 'probably the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language.' Now, in Excursions in the Real World, he turns to non-fiction with a precise and poignant series of essays about people and places, fascinations and enthusiasms, that have remained snagged in his memory. Here are deeply personal memoirs of Trevor's childhood in south Ireland, in Cork and Kerry and Wexford, of his school and college life in Dublin, and
- His early days in London. Extraordinary characters abound, from the bully of the Upper Fifth (whose specialty was pretending to brand smaller boys with a red-hot poker) to the shy and straitlaced wife of the Warden of St Columba's School, who turned out to have been, secretly, a turf expert; to Marchant Smith - 'one of the greatest copywriters of his time'- who inexplicably gave Trevor a job at Notley's, the London agency known as the 'nest of singing birds' for the
- Number of aspiring poets it employed. Places - Persia in the early 1970s, a Swiss valley, Venice in November, New York and San Francisco, the Nire Valley in County Waterford - are no less skillfully and lovingly evoked. Affectionate, warmly perceived, often gently humorous, these excursions into memory convey the essence of William Trevor's world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xv, 200 pages
- Contents
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- In County Cork
- The strand
- Kitty
- Field of battle
- Miss Quirke
- Bad trip
- The bull
- The warden's wife
- Mentors
- Long Stewart
- Alma Mater
- Visitors in Dublin
- Summer, 1952
- Blockley, Gloucestershire
- A public house man
- Sarzy
- Assia
- Out of season
- To Persia in the old days
- New York, 1973
- In search of Siri
- The Valle Verzasca
- Journey to suburbia
- Eldorado
- Extraordinary ladies
- In their own shadows
- Old fusty
- With Mr Links in Venice
- The Nire
- Isbn
- 9780679430292
- Label
- Excursions in the real world : memoirs
- Title
- Excursions in the real world
- Title remainder
- memoirs
- Statement of responsibility
- William Trevor ; with illustrations by Lucy Willis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- The New Yorker has called William Trevor 'probably the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language.' Now, in Excursions in the Real World, he turns to non-fiction with a precise and poignant series of essays about people and places, fascinations and enthusiasms, that have remained snagged in his memory. Here are deeply personal memoirs of Trevor's childhood in south Ireland, in Cork and Kerry and Wexford, of his school and college life in Dublin, and
- His early days in London. Extraordinary characters abound, from the bully of the Upper Fifth (whose specialty was pretending to brand smaller boys with a red-hot poker) to the shy and straitlaced wife of the Warden of St Columba's School, who turned out to have been, secretly, a turf expert; to Marchant Smith - 'one of the greatest copywriters of his time'- who inexplicably gave Trevor a job at Notley's, the London agency known as the 'nest of singing birds' for the
- Number of aspiring poets it employed. Places - Persia in the early 1970s, a Swiss valley, Venice in November, New York and San Francisco, the Nire Valley in County Waterford - are no less skillfully and lovingly evoked. Affectionate, warmly perceived, often gently humorous, these excursions into memory convey the essence of William Trevor's world
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1928-2016
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Trevor, William
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Trevor, William
- Authors, Irish
- Ireland
- Label
- Excursions in the real world : memoirs, William Trevor ; with illustrations by Lucy Willis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In County Cork -- The strand -- Kitty -- Field of battle -- Miss Quirke -- Bad trip -- The bull -- The warden's wife -- Mentors -- Long Stewart -- Alma Mater -- Visitors in Dublin -- Summer, 1952 -- Blockley, Gloucestershire -- A public house man -- Sarzy -- Assia -- Out of season -- To Persia in the old days -- New York, 1973 -- In search of Siri -- The Valle Verzasca -- Journey to suburbia -- Eldorado -- Extraordinary ladies -- In their own shadows -- Old fusty -- With Mr Links in Venice -- The Nire
- Control code
- 28181863
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xv, 200 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679430292
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1577112
- Label
- Excursions in the real world : memoirs, William Trevor ; with illustrations by Lucy Willis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In County Cork -- The strand -- Kitty -- Field of battle -- Miss Quirke -- Bad trip -- The bull -- The warden's wife -- Mentors -- Long Stewart -- Alma Mater -- Visitors in Dublin -- Summer, 1952 -- Blockley, Gloucestershire -- A public house man -- Sarzy -- Assia -- Out of season -- To Persia in the old days -- New York, 1973 -- In search of Siri -- The Valle Verzasca -- Journey to suburbia -- Eldorado -- Extraordinary ladies -- In their own shadows -- Old fusty -- With Mr Links in Venice -- The Nire
- Control code
- 28181863
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xv, 200 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679430292
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1577112
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