** A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** Chosen as a Spectator, Irish Times and Irish Independent Book of the Year ** THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOSTER, ANTARCTICA AND WALK THE BLUE FIELDS WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL...
Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
"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 autho...
"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...
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** A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE ...
Diese Geschichte geht einem so nah und ist inhaltlich tief und überrascht auch dadurch, dass die Autorin es schafft, dies auf so wenigen Seiten und in einer so klaren, knappen Sprache auszudrücken. Es spielt sich in einem kleinen Ort in Irland ab, mit Furlong, der mit seiner Frau Eileen und ihren fünf Töchtern dort lebt. Als Kohlehändler hat die Familie ein rechts Auskommen. Seine Kindheit hat ihn geprägt, weiss er doch nicht, wer sein Vater ist. Er wuchs mit seiner Mutter, die als Magd arbeitete auf und wurde von der Hausherrin angenommen. Wie diese für ihn und andere Menschen gesorgt hat, hat Eindrücke hinterlassen. Im Dorf wo er lebt, gibt es ein Kloster mit einer Wäscherei. Es wird erzählt, dass dort gefallene Mädchen arbeiten. Diese Institution gehört zu seiner Kundschaft. Eines Tages macht er bei der Lieferung eine schlimme Entdeckung, die ihn nicht mehr loslässt. Er berichtet seiner Frau, was er gesehen hat, unschlüssig, was er tun soll. Dieses Gespräch verändert etwas in der Beziehung zu Eileen und fortan ist er in Gedanken immer beim Gesehenen. Furlong jedenfalls lässt dieses Erlebnis nicht mehr los und in seinem Innern weiss er, was richtig ist. Der kurze Roman zeigt in eine dunkle Ecke unserer Gesellschaft, Kirche und Staat, die tunlichst verdeckt gehalten wurde - viel zu lange. Die Geschichte ist Fiktion, nicht aber die Wäscherei, die erst im dritten Viertel des 20. Jahrhunderts geschlossen wurde. Die Geschichte deckt viel Scheinheiligkeit auf. Die Grossmut geht bei vielen Menschen nur soweit, wie es den eigenen Wohlstand, den Status in der Gesellschaft und möglichst den Alltag nicht beeinträchtigt.
I love books that ‘force’ you to think about what you would do in a similar situation, and that’s exactly what this book does. We join Bill Furlong in his busy days as a coal and timber merchant just before and on Christmas eve. His live is unassuming. He lives a grateful life with his wife and his five children. They don’t have a lot but they have enough to get by. It’s not until Bill discovers something up in the convent that he starts to question whether he should get involved in this. I really, really loved reading about his own inner conflict, as well as the one with his wife. I can sympathise with both sides and I’m somehow glad that we don’t get a closed end but an open one. This way the reader is encouraged to further spin the story in his mind and guess at what might have happened next - both internally and externally of the family. Claire Keegan’s writing is pure beauty and I loved every second of this story. It reminded me a bit of The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which was mentioned in this book too, but it also has a unique voice and encourages more thoughts on what it means to be a good person, without judgement. It just let’s you think. I definitely think that this book could become a classic. Though spring is upon us, I’d still suggest you read this book if you enjoy stories like this. Otherwise you can put it on your Christmas wishlist
“Where does thinking get us?” she said. “All thinking does is bring you down.” She was touching the little pearly buttons on her nightdress, agitated. “If you want to get on in life, there’s things you have to ignore, so you can keep on.” Small Things Like These is a quiet yet powerful novel about a quiet man who is struggeling to ignore the suffering he witnessed in a Magdalen laundry. Before reading this book, I did not know about this part of Irish history, so I think it is an important contribution. Even though this book is short (it didn’t even take me an hour to read), it is full of atmosphere. I fell in love with Keegan’s writing! So beautiful. I would recommend to read Small Things Like These during Christmas time. The next time, I pick this novel up again it will be definitely in December.
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Claire Keegan
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.
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Grove Atlantic
Englisch
2021-11-30
9780802158758
978-0-8021-5875-8