Name: Foster
SKU: 54366781
Price: 772.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Claire Keegan
ISBN: 9780802160140

Type

Physical Book

Author

Claire Keegan

Publisher

Grove Press

Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

18.8x12.7x1.8 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9780802160140

Synopsis "Foster "

An international bestseller and one of The Times' "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the USIt is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas' house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household--where everything is so well tended to--and this summer must soon come to an end.Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and published in an abridged version in the New Yorker, this internationally bestselling contemporary classic is now available for the first time in the US in a full, standalone edition. A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan's great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers.

Claire Keegan

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Claire Keegan (1968) es una escritora irlandesa destacada por su habilidad para crear relatos de gran profundidad emocional en formatos breves. Criada en una granja en el condado de Wicklow, Irlanda, Keegan estudió Literatura y Ciencias Políticas en Loyola University, Nueva Orleans. Posteriormente, completó una maestría en Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Gales y un M.Phil. en Trinity College, Dublín. Su obra ha sido traducida a más de 30 idiomas y ha recibido numerosos premios, incluyendo el Rooney Prize for Irish Literature y el Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award.

Su novela más reciente, Small Things Like These (2021), ambientada en Irlanda en 1985, narra la historia de Bill Furlong, un comerciante de carbón que enfrenta una decisión moral durante la Navidad. La obra ha sido aclamada por su prosa precisa y su exploración de la compasión y la complicidad en una comunidad controlada por la Iglesia. Fue finalista del Booker Prize y ganó el Orwell Prize for Political Fiction en 2022. Además, fue adaptada al cine en 2024, con Cillian Murphy en el papel principal.

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