'Reading Irish-born Claire Keegan is like succumbing to a drug: eerie, hallucinogenic, time-stopping.' --San Francisco Chronicle A new edition of the now iconic fiction writer Claire Keegan's debut story collection featuring a new woodcut cover to tie in with her current bestselling trio: the Booker Prize shortlisted Small Things Like These, Foster, and So Late in the Day First published in 1999 to great acclaim, Antarctica introduced the world to Claire Keegan whose powerful short fiction has captured audiences internationally and is considered 'nothing short of a masterpiece' (New York Times). Now with a recently revised titular story, Antarctica showcases the brilliance of Keegan's spare yet piercing storytelling, evident from the very start of her career. In 'Antarctica,' a married woman travels out of town to see what it's like to sleep with a man other than her husband. 'Love in the Tall Grass' takes Cordelia down a coastal road on the last day of the twentieth century to keep a