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<div>Claire Keegan’s brilliant debut collection, <i>Antarctica</i>, was a <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book of the Year, and earned her resounding accolades on both sides of the Atlantic. Now she has delivered her next, much-anticipated book, <i>Walk the Blue Fields</i>, 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 Böll’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.<br>A masterful portrait of a country wrestling with its past and of individuals eking out their futures, <i>Walk the Blue Fields</i> is a breathtaking collection from one of Ireland’s greatest talents, and a resounding articulation of all the yearnings of the human heart.</div>

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The collection is very, very reminiscent of McGahern's short stories. I couldn't really get away f...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 03 14:08:52 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:09:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 03 08:19:47 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 12:16:02 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 08:19:47 -0800 2009
I love Claire Keegan's descriptions of life in the small towns that dot Ireland's country. She gives the idea of a simple country life a depth that most writers struggle to comprehend. The country may be quaint but her characters are anything but...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 14 16:07:26 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:50:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 20 17:21:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 20:37:22 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 07 08:29:21 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 19:22:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:20:23 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 07:21:02 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 06:42:34 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 06:16:55 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 01:06:15 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 01:07:33 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 17:25:02 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 07:33:51 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 04:59:44 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:54:50 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 04:59:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 05:35:58 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 05:36:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:34:46 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:35:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 03:49:20 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 03:49:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 05:33:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 05:33:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 16:30:01 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 15:00:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:30:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 02:10:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 01:20:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 02:10:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 13:03:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:03:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 07 08:27:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:27:25 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1275231