
Antarctica
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Narrated by:
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Sheena May
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Aoife McMahon
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Aidan Quinn
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Sophie Roberts
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By:
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Claire Keegan
The compassionate, witty, and unsettling short stories collected here announced Claire Keegan as one of Ireland's most exciting and versatile new talents and earned comparison to the works of Joyce Carol Oates, Alison Lurie, Raymond Carver, and others. From the titular story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind—to sleep with another man—Antarctica draws listeners into a world of obsession, betrayal, and fragile relationships.
In "Love in the Tall Grass," Cordelia wakes on the last day of the twentieth century and sets off along the coast road to keep a date, with her lover, that has been nine years in the waiting. In "Passport Soup," Frank Corso mourns the curious disappearance of his nine-year-old daughter and tries desperately to reach out to his shattered wife who has gone mad with grief. Throughout the collection, Keegan's characters inhabit a world where dreams, memory, and chance can have crippling consequences for those involved.
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001, and recipient of the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the William Trevor Prize, Antarctica is a rare and arresting debut.
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Not about Antarctica ..
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Such a good writer
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Excellent stories. So accessible!
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Incredibly well written
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Incredible, but out of order and missing one story
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With each story I was immersed in different times and places. Particularly impressive was Keegan’s rendering of the US deep south’s back country.
A must read,
Highly recommended even for non short-story reader
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No unicorns or rainbows here
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Fragmentary
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Disturbing …
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