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The Forester's Daughter

Faber Stories

by Claire Keegan
language: english
Publisher: Faber & Faber, March of 2019 ‧
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*From the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These*

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.

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.

Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

The Forester's Daughter

Faber Stories

by Claire Keegan

Property Description
ISBN: 9780571351855
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date: March of 2019
Language: English
Dimensions: 118 x 166 x 4 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 80
Format: Book
Collection: Faber Stories
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Other Literary Forms
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780571351855

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan nasceu em Wicklow, na Irlanda, em 1968, filha mais nova de uma família numerosa. Ainda adolescente viajou para Nova Orleães, nos EUA, e aí estudou Inglês e Ciência Política na Universidade Loyola. Regressou à Irlanda em 1992 e, um ano mais tarde, tirou o mestrado em Escrita Criativa e deu aulas de licenciatura na Universidade do País de Gales. Os seus contos apareceram na The New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review e Best American Short Stories. Entre as distinções que recebeu, contam-se o Rooney Prize para Literatura Irlandesa e o William Trevor Prize. O escritor norte-americano Richard Ford escolheu o seu conto Foster como vencedor do Davy Byrnes Short Story Award em 2009, sublinhando o instinto da autora para palavras exatas e a sua "paciente atenção às amplas consequências e finalidades da vida". Keegan está incluída na exibição permanente do Museu de Literatura da Irlanda, inaugurado em 2019.

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