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Pond (book)

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Pond
First edition
AuthorClaire-Louise Bennett
LanguageEnglish
GenreAnthology, Psychological Fiction
PublisherThe Stinging Fly Press
Publication date
10 May 2015
Publication placeUnited Kingdom, United States
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
ISBN0-3995-7590-1

Pond is a collection of 20 short stories written by Claire-Louise Bennett, originally published by The Stinging Fly Press in Ireland on 10 May 2015 (ISBN 0-3995-7590-1).[1][2] The stories are written from the perspective of an unnamed woman who lives a solitary existence on the outskirts of a small coastal village.

It focuses on the details of her daily experience, from the best way to eat porridge to an encounter with a cow to the ending of an affair.[3] The shortest story in Pond runs to only a couple of sentences.[4]

Reception

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Pond was well received in both the UK and the US, and was featured in both The New Yorker and The New York Times in 2016.

Stories

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Title |
1 "Voyage in the Dark"
2 "Morning, Noon & Night"
3 "First Thing"
4 "The Big Day"
5 "Wishful Thinking"
6 "A Little Before Seven"
7 "To A God Unknown"
8 "Two Weeks Since"
9 "Stir-fry"
10 "Finishing Touch"
11 "Control Knobs"
12 "Postcard"
13 "The Deepest Sea"
14 "Oh, Tomato Puree!"
15 "Morning, 1908"
16 "The Gloves Are Off"
17 "Over & Done With"
18 "Words Escape Me"
19 "Lady of the House"
20 "Old Ground"

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