{"product_id":"walk-the-blue-fields","title":"Walk the Blue Fields","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaire Keegan's brilliant debut collection, \u003ci\u003eAntarctica\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year, and earned her resounding accolades on both sides of the Atlantic. Now she has delivered her next, much-anticipated book, \u003ci\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, an unforgettable array of quietly wrenching stories about despair and desire in the timeless world of modern-day Ireland. In the never-before-published story \"The Long and Painful Death,\" a writer awarded a stay to work in Heinrich Böouml;ll's old cottage has her peace interrupted by an unwelcome intruder, whose ulterior motives only emerge as the night progresses. In the title story, a priest waits at the altar to perform a marriage and, during the ceremony and the festivities that follow, battles his memories of a love affair with the bride that led him to question all to which he has dedicated his life; later that night, he finds an unlikely answer in the magical healing powers of a seer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful portrait of a country wrestling with its past and of individuals eking out their futures, \u003ci\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking collection from one of Ireland's greatest talents, and a resounding articulation of all the yearnings of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0802170498\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780802170491\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Keegan, Claire\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jun 2008)","offer_id":46079988859077,"sku":"9780802170491","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780802170491.jpg?v=1776033439","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/walk-the-blue-fields","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}