Claire Keegan's brilliant debut collection, Antarctica, was a Los
Angeles Times Book of the Year, and earned her resounding accolades
on both sides of the Atlantic. Now she has delivered her next,
much-anticipated book, Walk the Blue Fields, 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 Boell'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. A masterful portrait of a country
wrestling with its past and of individuals eking out their futures,
Walk the Blue Fields is a breathtaking collection from one of
Ireland's greatest talents, and a resounding articulation of all
the yearnings of the human heart.
General
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2008 |
| First published: |
June 2008 |
| Authors: |
Claire Keegan
|
| Dimensions: |
211 x 147 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-7049-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-8021-7049-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780802170491 |
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