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Antarctica
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.00
ISBN13: 9780802163745
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: Oct 29 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
A new edition of the now iconic fiction writer Claire Keegan's debut story collection featuring a fresh cover to tie in with her current bestselling trio: the Booker Prize shortlisted Small Things Like These, Foster, and So Late in the Day
These stories are diamonds. --Esquire
First published in 1999 and proclaimed an impressive debut by William Trevor, Antarctica introduced the world to Claire Keegan, whose short fiction has since captured readers worldwide and established her as among the form's most masterful practitioners (New York Times). Now with a revised titular story, this iridescent first collection of stories draws readers into a world of obsession and betrayal in Keegan's singular, commanding and award-winning prose.
In Antarctica, a married woman travels out of town to see what it's like to sleep with a man other than her husband. In Love in the Tall Grass, Cordelia wakes on the last day of the twentieth century and sets off along the coast road to keep a date, with her lover, that has been nine years in the waiting. In Passport Soup, Frank Corso mourns the curious disappearance of his young daughter and tries desperately to reach out to his shattered wife who has gone mad with grief. Keegan's writing contains a clear vision of unaffected truths and boldly explores a world where dreams, memory, and chance have crippling consequences for those involved. Often dark and enveloped in a palpable atmosphere, the reader feels that something momentous is lurking within each of these carefully sculpted tales.
The winner of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, Antarctica remains a dazzling and haunting debut by one of the world's best short story writers.
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