Small Things Like These
by Claire Keeganliterary work· published 2021
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Small Things like These is a historical fiction novella by Claire Keegan, published on 21 October 2021 by Faber and Faber. In 2022, the book won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Booker Prize. It was adapted into a film of the same name starring Cillian Murphy.
Adaptations (1)
Small Things Like These was adapted into a 2024 film.
Small Things Like These2024 · film · 98 min · dir. Tim Mielants · IMDb ↗In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
