{"product_id":"walk-the-blue-fields-9780802170491","title":"Walk the Blue Fields","description":"Claire 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 B 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.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2008 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2008 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/07\/2008 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2008 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Claire Keegan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643466838172,"sku":"9780802170491","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_461178b2-39a5-45bb-ba56-9a9d5196a9d1.jpg?v=1603856674","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/walk-the-blue-fields-9780802170491","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}