Antarctica, 9780571382217
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Longing, fallibility, and love intertwine in these astonishing stories of humanity.
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Antarctica

‘a genuine once-in-a-generation writer.’ the times

$20.24

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    5 February 2024

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Summary

Antarctica: Tales of Longing and Fallibility

‘A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.’ - Sebastian Barry ‘Among the finest contemporary stories written recently in English.’ - Observer

In Antarctica, a stunning debut story collection, one of our most gifted writers illuminates human longing and fallibility in all its variety. Experience a secret one-night tryst in the city, a sister’s revenge, a love-struck doctor, and the mystery of a missing girl.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780571382217
ISBN-10:0571382215
Author:Claire Keegan
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:5 February 2024
Weight:249g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 15mm
About The Author

Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan’s stories are translated into thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize, awarded to the best collection of stories published in the British Isles. Foster won the Davy Byrnes Award, one of the richest literary prizes in the world, and was last year chosen by The Times as one of the top fifty works of fiction to be published in the twenty- first century. Small Things Like These was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, and for the Rathbones Folio Prize, awarded for the best work of literature, regardless of form, to be published in the English language, and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.

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