Irish short story writer Claire Keegan here shares three succinct short stories to delight readers’ imaginations. Each of them bears her eloquent style with plot twists all the way until the last sentence. This collection has three stories about the tenuous relationship between women and men.
“So Late in the Day” describes a romance as it evolves from courtship into engagement. In so doing, it comments on how the social mores in Ireland about marriage are lacking and could use substantial improvement.
“The Long and Painful Death” describes how a German professor courts a female aspiring writer, only to have his advances emerge ironically in her work of fiction.
“Antarctica,” a previously published story, tells of a short romantic fling between two new acquaintances… only one party is a married woman and the other part has something up his sleeve.
If you’re looking for quick reads packed with content and skillful writing, Keegan’s stories are for you. These stories do not convey romance at its best, but it tells an all-too-common tale about the difficulties between the genders.
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By Claire Keegan
Copyright (c) 2023
Grove Press
ISBN13 9780802160850
Page Count: 119
Genre: Short Stories
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