{"product_id":"the-foresters-daughter-claire-keegan","title":"The Forester's Daughter (Claire Keegan)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003eFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord. She watches the dog licking the bowl clean. This dog will break her daughter's heart, she's sure of it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Keegan's mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his 'three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding at this seeming act of kindness. As the seasons pass, long-buried family secrets threaten to emerge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eClaire Keegan's works of fiction are critically acclaimed international bestsellers - and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. \u003ci\u003eAntarctica \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. \u003ci\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/i\u003e won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. \u003ci\u003eFoster \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Davy Byrnes Award - the world's richest prize for a short story. \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the 21st Century, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize and won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. \u003ci\u003eSo Late in the Day \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Keegan was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland in 2022, Author of the Year 2023, the Seamus Heaney Award for Arts and Letters 2024 and most recently the Siegfried Lenz Prize.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 80 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66033204363613,"sku":"K074757452","price":7.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7475745200001A.jpg?v=1790320758","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-foresters-daughter-claire-keegan","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}