ISBN: 0571203469
Godina izdanja: 2000
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Claire Keegan - Antarctica
Faber & Faber, 2000
209 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire Keegan`s debut collection, Antarctica, have been acclaimed by The Observer to be `among the finest contemporary stories written recently in English.` In `Antarctica,` a married woman travels out of town to see what it`s like to sleep with a man other than her husband. `Love in the Tall Grass` takes Cordelia down a coastal road on the last day of the twentieth century to keep a date with her lover that has been nine years in the waiting. `Stay Close to the Water`s Edge` tells of a young Harvard student who is pitilessly humiliated by his homophobic stepfather on his birthday. Keegan`s writing has a clear vision of unaffected truths and boldly explores a world where dreams, memory, and chance have crippling consequences for those involved. The stories are often dark and enveloped in a palpable atmosphere, and the reader feels that something `big` is going on in each of these carefully sculpted tales. The award-winning Antarctica, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001, and recipient of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the William Trevor Prize, and the Martin Healy Award, is a haunting debut. `These stories are diamonds.` -- Emily Robichaud, Esquire `That Keegan has a knack for storytelling is proved many times over....` -- Caitlin Macy, The New York Times Book Review `[These] stories ... show Keegan to be an authentic talent with a gimlet eye and a distinctive voice.` -- Amanda Heller, The Boston Globe `Reading these stories is like coming upon work of Ann Beattie or Raymond Carver at the start of their careers.` -- Jerry Griswold, Los Angeles Times


Fiction, Short Stories, 0571203469