Tag: Claire Keegan

“There is only one thing I care about now, and my feet are carrying me there.”

A review of “Foster” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

Should museums include the work of living artists? Rarely does an institution say, “We are confident this will stand the test of time,” but that’s in fact the judgement of The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin on Claire Keegan… Read More

“. . . so much of life carrying smoothly on, despite the tangle of human upsets and the knowledge of how everything must end.”

A review of “So Late in the Day” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

This sentence comes at the end of the first paragraph. We see that while everything seems okay, it’s not. Something has ended, and the protagonist is upset. Keegan is reluctant to spell it out for us. … Read More

“It would be the easiest thing in the world to lose everything.”

A Review of “Small Thing Like These” in 100 Words by Catherine Stover

This quote expresses the tension in Small Things Like These, which is about the terrible choice the Irish coal merchant, Furlong, must make between self-preservation and self-respect.  Either way, he stands a chance to lose something … Read More