CRITICISM

Becker, Alida. Review of Two Lives, by William Trevor. New York Times Book Review (8 September 1991): 3.

Finds parallels in Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria.

“Irreflexive.” Economist (11 November 2000): 108-09.

Provides a laudatory assessment of The Hill Bachelors.

Kakutani, Michiko. “Irish Miniatures, Brought to Life in a Few Strokes.” New York Times (12 November 1996): C15.

Contends that in After Rain, “we are left with the sense that we not only know who Mr. Trevor's people are, but also understand the hidden truth about their lives.”

———. “Man's Fate, Through Dry but Sorrowful Irish Eyes.” New York Times (17 October 2000): E7.

Offers a favorable assessment of The Hill Bachelors.

Lesser, Wendy. “The Casualties of Deception.” New York Times Book Review (20 October 1996): 15.

Discusses the unifying themes of the stories comprising After Rain.

Pritchard, William H. “The Art of the Glimpse.” New York Times Book Review (22 October 2000): 11.

Contends that in The Hill Bachelors Trevor's narrative style “has become exploratory, rather than clinically diagnostic or satiric, and in so doing it has become more generous toward his characters.”

Weinberger, Eric. “The Last Edwardian.” Nation 272, no. 2 (8 January 2001): 38-41.

Describes Trevor's stories in The Hill Bachelors as both anachronistic and timely.

Additional coverage of Trevor's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: British Writers Supplement, Vol. 4; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 4, 37, 55, 76, 102; Contemporary British Dramatists; Contemporary Dramatists, Ed. 5; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 7, 9, 14, 25, 71, 116; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 14, 139; DISCovering Authors Modules: Novelists; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 10; and Short Story Criticism, Vol. 21.