Antarctica
Ratings11
Average rating4
Uhyre skarpe noveller, og av beste merke. Irske og kreolske landskap, hverdagsmennesker på kanten av normalen, øyeblikk som setter seg fast - viser hvorfor noveller er den mest spennende sjangeren.
Keegan er ekspert på å si minst mulig så flatt som mulig, og likevel skape en stemning som er sitrende.
Til opplysning så er filmen “The Quiet Girl” et resultat av en av hennes andre korte tekster, Foster. Keegan skal jeg lese mer av.
3.5 - If anyone could've made me a fan of short story collections, I would've thought it would be the master herself. I enjoyed some of these stories, but overall I did not enjoy my reading experience. It took me nearly 20 days to read such a short book, which is very unusual for me. Again, it's not bad and they're beautifully written, but perhaps my standards were too high being such a big fan of the other stories I've read from her.
Love love loved all the stories set in Ireland. Her turn of phrase is exquisite. Some of the American ones weren’t as strong IMO. My favs were Antartica, Sisters, The Ginger Rogers Sermon and Love in the Tall Grass.
An Irish woman who as at some point spent her time in the American south is a treasure trove of brutal and beautiful writing