Claire Keegan

Destined to be a modern classic from "an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction" (Colm Tóibín), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, the tale of one man's courage -- and a remarkable portrait of love and family It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, who is father to five girls, faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. Already a bestseller in France and certain to be read worldwide for generations to come, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting and inspiring story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically celebrated and iconic writers.

Small Things Like These

A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is. Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan's great accomplishment and talent.

Foster

From Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author of "pitch perfect" (Boston Globe) Small Things Like These, comes a tryptic of stories about love, lust, betrayal, misogyny, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, considered "among the form's most masterful practitioners" (New York Times), Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories, newly revised and expanded, together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan's earliest to her most recent work. In "So Late in the Day," Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he behaved differently; in "The Long and Painful Death," a writer's arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Böll for a residency is disrupted by an academic who imposes his presence and opinions; and in "Antarctica," a married woman travels out of town to see what it's like to sleep with another man and ends up in the grip of a possessive stranger. Each story probes the dynamics that corrupt what could be between women and men: a lack of generosity, the weight of expectation, the looming threat of violence. Potent, charged, and breathtakingly insightful, these three essential tales will linger with readers long after the book is closed.

Stories of Women and Men

So Late in the Day

'A real jewel.' Irish Independent 'A small miracle.' Sunday Times 'A thing of finely honed beauty.' Guardian 'Thrilling.' Richard Ford 'As good as Chekhov.' David Mitchell From the author of Small Things Like These It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. But in a house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers how fragile her idyll is.

A debut collection of short stories by an award-winning Irish writer explores the fragility, obsession, and betrayal of human relationships in such works as "Passport Soup," about a man mourning the bizarre disappearance of his young daughter and trying to console his shattered wife. Reprint.

Antarctica

Emanet Cocuk

The evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord. She watches the dog licking the bowl clean. This dog will break her daughter's heart, she's sure of it. Claire Keegan's mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his 'three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage'. When Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding at this seeming act of kindness. As the seasons pass, long-buried family secrets threaten to emerge.

The Forester's Daughter

Against the setting of modern-day Ireland, a collection of short fiction explores the themes of despair and desire.

Walk the Blue Fields

Böyle Kücük Seyler

Mavi Tarlalardan Yürü

"En la Irlanda rural de principios de los ochenta, una niña es llevada a casa de unos parientes a pasar una temporada, hasta que su madre haya dado a luz al último de sus hermanitos. En casa de los Kinsella todo contrasta con su hogar: hay baño y no letrina, una máquina blanca a la que llaman freezer, e insisten en que allí no hay secretos. Pero ella no solo descubrirá uno, sino también que el dolor puede convertirse en ternura. Un libro sublime y sugerente sobre la cambiante línea entre el secreto y la vergüenza, sobre ese intersticio entre lo que debe ser dicho y lo que debe callarse." --Contratapa.

TRES LUCES

Antártida

An international bestseller and one of The Times’ “Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century,” Claire Keegan’s piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the US It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas’ house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household—where everything is so well tended to—and this summer must soon come to an end. Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and published in an abridged version in the New Yorker, this internationally bestselling contemporary classic is now available for the first time in the US in a full, standalone edition. A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan’s great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers.

From Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author of “pitch perfect” (Boston Globe) Small Things Like These, comes a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, considered “among the form’s most masterful practitioners” (New York Times), Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories, newly revised and expanded, together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan’s earliest to her most recent work. In “So Late in the Day,” Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he behaved differently; in “The Long and Painful Death,” a writer’s arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Böll for a residency is disrupted by an academic who imposes his presence and opinions; and in “Antarctica,” a married woman travels out of town to see what it’s like to sleep with another man and ends up in the grip of a possessive stranger. Each story probes the dynamics that corrupt what could be between women and men: a lack of generosity, the weight of expectation, the looming threat of violence. Potent, charged, and breathtakingly insightful, these three essential tales will linger with readers long after the book is closed.

An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster. 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' The Times On a day like any other, Cathal completes a day's work at the office and travels home. His mind wanders: to a woman called Sabine, to their days spent together at art galleries, farmer's markets, picking blackberries. To their conversations. And he tries very hard not to think about why today is now such a surprisingly ordinary day. 'Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' Hilary Mantel 'Claire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.' Colm Tóibín

"Con una prosa lírica y reflexiva, en constante tensión con una oscura melancolía, Keegan desnuda en estos relatos la vida en la Irlanda rural contemporánea. Historias de abuso familiar e incesto, matrimonios sin salida, celibatos quebrantados, soledades a veces aliviadas por el alcohol, otras por los sueños, bullen debajo de la quietud del paisaje. Un retrato contundente de una lucha con el pasado atravesada por los anhelos y deseos de sus protagonistas." --Contratapa.

Recorre los campos azules

Irland, zu Beginn der 1980er Jahre: An einem heißen Sommertag liefert ein Vater seine kleine Tochter bei entfernten Verwandten auf einer Farm im tiefsten Wexford ab. Seine Frau ist schon wieder schwanger, noch ein Maul wird zu stopfen sein. So findet sich das Mädchen bei dem kinderlosen Ehepaar John und Edna Kinsella wieder. An einem ungewohnt schönen und behaglichen Ort, wo es Milch und Rhabarber und Zuwendung im Überfluss gibt. Aber auch ein trauriges Geheimnis, das einen Schatten auf die leuchtend leichten Tage wirft, in denen das Mädchen lernt, was Familie bedeuten kann.
Das dritte Licht (»Foster«) wurde mit dem renommierten Davy Byrnes Award ausgezeichnet und in Irland als The Quiet Girl, ebenfalls preisgekrönt, verfilmt. Nun ist diese meisterhaft komponierte Geschichte über wirkliches Zusammenleben, Zuneigung und Zärtlichkeit endlich wieder in der deutschen Übersetzung von Hans-Christian Oeser bei Steidl erhältlich – in einer neuen, von der Autorin überarbeiteten Fassung.

Das dritte Licht

Freitag, der 29. Juli in Dublin. Das Wetter ist wie vorhergesagt, die Stadt vor Cathals Bürofenster liegt in gleißendem Sonnenschein. Nach einem scheinbar ereignislosen Tag mit Budgetlisten und Bürokaffee nimmt Cathal den Bus nach Hause. Die Landschaft zieht an ihm vorüber, die waldigen Hügel, auf denen er noch nie gewesen ist, und er denkt an Sabine. Die ein bisschen schielt und die gut kochen kann, die auch im Winter barfuß am Strand spazieren geht, die die Hügel besteigt. Die zu viel Geld ausgibt und zu viel Raum einnimmt und zumindest über die Hälfte von allem bestimmen will. Die Frau, mit der er hätte sein Leben verbringen können, wäre er ein anderer Mann gewesen. In dieser kleinen Geschichte eines gescheiterten Paares erzählt Claire Keegan vom großen Thema Misogynie. Und wie sie das tut: kein Wort überflüssig, jeder Satz von durchscheinender Klarheit. Meisterhaft!

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