From the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlisted Small Things Like These.''Perfect short stories.'' Anne Enright''Breath-taking.'' Irish Times''Her stories are as good as Chekhov.'' David MitchellA writer alone at a retreat is faced with an unwelcome visitor. A priest seeks solace from a romantic memory. A farmhand regrets losing the finest woman in town. In this remarkable collection of stories, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past.