Antarctica : A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.` THE TIMES, Claire Keegan
: Keegan, Claire : Small things like these ISBN: 0571368700 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780571368709 : Faber : : 1319.00 . : (1 .) : `Exquisite.` Damon Galgut`Masterly.` The Times`Miraculous.` Herald`Astonishing.` Colm Toibin`Stunning.` Sunday Independent`Absolutely beautiful.` Douglas StuartA Book of the Year in The Times and The New StatesmanIt is 1985, in an Irish town.
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.
: Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
: Keegan, Caitlin : Illuminated Playing Cards ISBN: 0525574786 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525574781 : Random House (USA) : : 1562.00 . : .
: From the illustrator behind The Illuminated Tarot comes a set of playing cards that are sure to enchant card game fans and tarot readers alike As a follow-up to Caitlin Keegan's successful tarot deck, Illuminated Playing Cards is a beautifully boxed set of two decks of playing cards, complete with a pamphlet including the rules to four popular card games and an easy three-card tarot reading. For those who want to use the deck for tarot readings, the pamphlet also contains a list of each card and its meaning as it corresponds to a traditional tarot card deck.
: Keegan, Claire : Walk the blue fields ISBN: 0571233074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780571233076 : Faber : : 1319.00 . : .
: Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the long awaited second collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These. A long-haired woman moves into the priest`s house and sets fire to his furniture.
: "Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan's earliest to her most recent work. In "So Late in the Day," Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently; in "The Long and Painful Death" a writer's arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Beoll for a two-week writing residency is disrupted by an academic who imposes his criticisms and opinions; and in "Antarctica" a married woman travels out of town to see what it's like to sleep with another man and ends up in the grip of a possessive stranger.' Each story probes the dynamics that corrupt what could be between women and men: a lack of generosity, the weight of expectation, the looming threat of violence."--
: The mysteries of tarot come to vivid life with this deluxe boxed card set, featuring a distinctly modern take on an ancient card game and divining tool.The Illuminated Tarot is an inventive reimagining of the visual system used by conventional tarot decks. Illustrator and designer Caitlin Keegan has created a lush, oversized set of 53 cards, combining elements of traditional tarot (wands, pentacles, swords, cups, and the Major and Minor Arcana) with a uniquely rich color palette and standard playing card suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades). The result serves two purposes: The Illuminated Tarot can be used for spiritual self-reflection and to play standard card games like poker, solitaire, and Go Fish With a guidebook that assigns meanings to each card based on the Major and Minor Arcana and instructions for simple card spreads, users will also learn how to perform their own tarot readings. The Illuminated Tarot is at once a fun addition to game night and a beautiful tool that can lead to increased self-knowledge and enlightenment.
