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Small Things Like These by Keegan, Claire
Small Things Like These by Keegan, Claire
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Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
"A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." --Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & 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.
Author: Claire Keegan
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 11/30/2021
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780802158741
Award: Man Booker Prize - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 4
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2021
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2021
Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 76
Booklist 10/01/2021 pg. 27
Shelf Awareness 12/03/2021
About the Author
Claire Keegan's works of fiction are internationally acclaimed and have been translated into thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. Foster won the Davy Byrnes Award -- the world's richest prize for a short story. Small Things Like These was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. It won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the Year. She was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland, 2022, and Author of the Year, 2023.
