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So late in the day : stories of women and men
Keegan, Claire2023
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Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories 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 acted differently; in "The Long and Painful Death" a writer's arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Böll for a two-week writing residency is disrupted by an academic who imposes his criticisms 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.--.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 forms 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 Keegans 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 writers arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Boll 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 its 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.
Main title:
So late in the day : stories of women and men / Claire Keegan.
Author:
Keegan, Claire, author
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Imprint:
New York : Grove Press, 2023.
Collation:
119 pages 20 cm.
Linking notes:
Available in other form: Keegan, Claire First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition New York : Grove Press, 2023 Print version So late in the day; Keegan, Claire First edition New York : Grove Press, 2023 Online version So late in the day
Contents:
So late in the dayThe long and painful deathAntarctica.
ISBN:
9780802160850 (hardcover)9780802160874 (ebook)
Dewey class:
823.914823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
571170