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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.</DIV>]]> 274817 3.89 83 21 2007 492459 0802139019 9780802139016 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175202721m/492459.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175202721s/492459.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492459.Antarctica 4.28 29 274817 3.89 83 21 1999 7264113 1906539111 9781906539115 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7264113-davy-byrnes-stories 0.0 0 274817 3.89 83 21 217409 3.00 1 0 808203 3.00 1 1 2009 3412455 3882439823 9783882439823 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3412455.Wo_das_Wasser_am_tiefsten_ist_ 0.0 0 274817 3.89 83 21 2004