{"product_id":"antarctica-claire-keegan-9780802163745","title":"Antarctica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Reading Irish-born Claire Keegan is like succumbing to a drug: eerie, hallucinogenic, time-stopping.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of the now iconic fiction writer Claire Keegan's debut story collection featuring a fresh cover to tie in with her current bestselling trio: the Booker Prize shortlisted \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFoster\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSo Late in the Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1999 to great acclaim, \u003ci\u003eAntarctica\u003c\/i\u003e introduced the world to Claire Keegan whose powerful short fiction has captured audiences internationally and established her as a writer \"rated among the form's most masterful practitioners\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Now with a recently revised titular story, \u003ci\u003eAntarctica\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the brilliance of Keegan's spare yet piercing storytelling, evident from the very start of her career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Antarctica,\" a married woman travels out of town to see what it's like to sleep with a man other than her husband. \"Love in the Tall Grass\" takes Cordelia down a coastal road on the last day of the twentieth century to keep a date with her lover that has been nine years in the waiting. \"Stay Close to the Water's Edge\" tells of a young Harvard student who is pitilessly humiliated by his homophobic stepfather on his birthday. Keegan's writing contains a clear vision of unaffected truths and boldly explores a world where dreams, memory, and chance have crippling consequences for those involved. Often dark and enveloped in a palpable atmosphere, the reader feels that something momentous is lurking within each of these carefully sculpted tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winner of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, \u003ci\u003eAntarctica\u003c\/i\u003e remains a dazzling and haunting debut by one of the world's best short story writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Keegan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802163742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802163745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Claire Keegan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482703585535,"sku":"9780802163745","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01d87d14-88d1-4816-af62-f3d7b5c68e55.jpg?v=1715999291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/antarctica-claire-keegan-9780802163745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}