So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
"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 Bèoll 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."
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What’s it about?
This slim book holds three short stories. All the stories center on the tenuous relationships between men and women.
What did it make me think about?
How the dynamic between men and women can shift so unexpectedly.
Should I read it?
I have loved all three of the slim books I have read by Claire Keegan. I read Small Things Like These first and it may be my favorite of the three books- but they are all treasures. This third book of short stories was unexpected in many ways. If you have not discovered Claire Keegan’s writing you should pick up any one of these books. She says so much in just a little over 100 pages. She is a singular talent.
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“That was the problem with women falling out of love; the veil of romance fell away from their eyes, and they looked in and could read you.”
What’s it about?
This slim book holds three short stories. All the stories center on the tenuous relationships between men and women.
What did it make me think about?
How the dynamic between men and women can shift so unexpectedly.
Should I read it?
I have loved all three of the slim books I have read by Claire Keegan. I read Small Things Like These first and it may be my favorite of the three books- but they are all treasures. This third book of short stories was unexpected in many ways. If you have not discovered Claire Keegan’s writing you should pick up any one of these books. She says so much in just a little over 100 pages. She is a singular talent.
Quote-
“That was the problem with women falling out of love; the veil of romance fell away from their eyes, and they looked in and could read you.”
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