![]() " Small Things Like These is not just about Ireland, it's about the world, and it asks profound questions about complicity, about the hope and difficulty of change, and the complex nature of restitution…A single one of Keegan's grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history. From winter skies to the tiniest tick of speech to the baking of a Christmas cake, Claire Keegan makes her moments real-and then she makes them matter." - Colm Tóibín, author of The Magician This is the story of what happened in Ireland, told with sympathy and emotional accuracy. ![]() "In Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan creates scenes with astonishing clarity and lucidity. "Irish story writer Keegan's gorgeously textured second novella (after Foster) centers on a family man who wants to do the right thing.Keegan beautifully conveys Bill's interior life.Readers will be touched." - Publishers Weekly Highly recommended." - Library Journal (starred review) "Keegan's beautiful prose is quiet and precise, jewel-like in its clarity. ![]() Despite the brevity of the text, Furlong's emotional state is fully rendered and deeply affecting.A stunning feat of storytelling and moral clarity." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]() "ripping.Keegan, a prizewinning Irish short story writer, says a great deal in very few words to extraordinary effect in this short novel. ![]()
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