{"product_id":"9780802189721","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 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.\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.","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078304841968,"sku":"9780802189721","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802189721_p0.jpg?v=1769907241","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802189721","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}