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yes, i saw there was a version of it in the new yorker, i must say i would like to read the collections, there is something her writing that is alluring and also worth studying!
how did you come across this book claire? it sounds very sensitive and raw.
it was in our local english bookshop ‘book in bar’ and i understand the author actually came for a visit/reading, which i missed, but got a copy of the book anyway and sad i missed meeting the author.
this sounds gorgeous. incidentally i finished reading nora webster (loved it) this afternoon. i must remember this one when i’m buying books again in the new year.
i knew you’d love nora, what a talent, to have achieved what toibin does in that marvellous and yet frustrating character. yes, do look out for claire keegan!
there’s a certain style of irish writing that i love – spare, quietly understated often elegant – and this sounds as if it belogs in that category. straight on my list! thanks, claire.
i am sure you’ll enjoy this susan, i’m definitely keen to try one of her short story collections too, i wonder if she’s likely to write a novel.
thanks so much for sharing this–she is a new author to me. i love the language in the excerpt you shared, and will put this book on my radar.
i read foster three times in quick succession, trying to figure out how claire keegan created that eerie atmosphere. and i don’t have a clue. i can only admire the writing. it’s a story that has lingered in my mind for more than two years. i’m sure i’ll still be thinking about it in years to come. i haven’t read any of her other works – they were difficult to get hold of. but now walk the blue fileds is available in my region on kindle and it’s downloaded, waiting for me to finish ferrante’s the story of the lost child. thanks for another helpful and insightful review, claire.
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I counted forty-five "u"s in that text.
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