In a novella set in this country, a girl falls into a well while trying to get water as a final gesture for her foster parents before returning to her family. The protagonist of another novella set in this country frees a woman locked in a coal shed despite accepting a bribe from nuns at a convent. An author from this country wrote an essay collection on the lives of Oscar Wilde, Pedro Almodóvar (“al-mo-DOH-var”), and other gay figures from history and art, titled Love in a Dark Time. Characters from this country include Bill Furlong from Small Things Like These and Ellis Lacey, who studies bookkeeping and marries Tony Fiorello after moving to New York. An author from this country wrote about the disastrous premiere of Henry James’s play Guy Domville in his novel The Master and also wrote Brooklyn. For 10 points, name this home country of Claire Keegan and Colm Tóibín ■END■
ANSWER: Ireland [or Republic of Ireland; or Éire; or Poblacht na hÉireann] (The novella is Claire Keegan’s Foster.)
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