Inhalt: *ORDER THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KEEGAN, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, NOW!* 'No better feeling than reading a book that makes you excited to discover everything its author has ever written...' - Douglas Stuart (Winner of the Booker Prize 2020) 'Foster confirms Claire Keegan's talent. She creates luminous effects with spare material, so every line seems to be a lesson in the perfect deployment of both style and emotion' - Hilary Mantel (Winner of the Booker Prize 2012 and 2009) 'Marvellous-exact and icy and loving all at once.' - Sarah Moss 'A haunting, hopeful masterpiece.' - Sinéad Gleeson 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. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-25566-5
Inhalt: 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. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-37350-5
Inhalt: Wer etwas auf sich hält in New Ross, County Wicklow, und es sich leisten kann, lässt seine Wäsche im Kloster waschen. Doch was sich dort hinter den glänzenden Fenstern und dicken Mauern ereignet, will in der Kleinstadt niemand so genau wissen. Denn es gibt Gerüchte. Dass es moralisch fragwürdige Mädchen sind, die zur Buße Schmutzflecken aus den Laken waschen. Dass sie von früh bis spät arbeiten müssen und daran zugrunde gehen. Dass ihre neugeborenen Babys ins Ausland verkauft werden. Der Kohlenhändler Billy Furlong hat kein Interesse an Klatsch und Tratsch. Es sind harte Zeiten in Irland 1985, er hat Frau und fünf Töchter zu versorgen, und die Nonnen zahlen pünktlich. Eines Morgens ist Billy zu früh dran mit seiner Auslieferung. Und macht im Kohlenschuppen des Klosters eine Entdeckung, die ihn zutiefst verstört. Er muss eine Entscheidung treffen: als Familienvater, als Christ, als Mensch. Mit wenigen Worten erschafft Claire Keegan eine ganze Welt. Auf unnachahmliche Weise erzählt Kleine Dinge wie diese von Komplizenschaft und Mitschuld, davon, wie Menschen das Grauen in ihrer Mitte ignorieren, um in ihrem Alltag fortfahren zu können - davon, dass es möglich ist, das Richtige zu tun. Umfang: 112 S. ISBN: 978-3-96999-097-1
"A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." —Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers und Lovers
Small Things Like These is award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a 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 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.
An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.
Inhalt: ***PRE-ORDER NOW*** THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOSTER, ANTARCTICA AND WALK THE BLUE FIELDS 'This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.' -Douglas Stuart (Winner of the Booker Prize 2020) 'Marvellous-exact and icy and loving all at once.' -Sarah Moss 'A haunting, hopeful masterpiece.' -Sinéad Gleeson It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness. '[Claire Keegan] creates luminous effects with spare material, so every line seems to be a lesson in the perfect deployment of both style and emotion.' Hilary Mantel Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-36872-3
Inhalt: 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 After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude - and the true significance of this particular date is revealed. From one of the finest writers working today, Keegan's new story asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between men and women. Is it possible to love without sharing? '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 Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-38203-3
Inhalt: A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture. That Christmas, the electricity goes out. A forester mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife. He finds a woman eating alone in the hotel. A farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. And in the title story, a priest waits on the altar for a bride and battles, all that wedding day, with his memories of a love affair. In her long-awaited second collection, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-37351-2
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