Walk the Blue Fields: Stories
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<p><p>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.<p></p><h3>the New York Times - Maud Newton</h3><p>the Irish Writer Claire Keegan Has Named [flannery] O'connor As An Influence. While The Stories In Keegan's New Collection, <i>walk The Blue Fields,</i> Are Gentler Than O'connor's Work, And Deeper Than Keegan's Angrier And More Obvious Offerings In Her First Book, <i>antarctica,</i> The Best Of Them Display A Similar Attention To Physical And Emotional Concreteness, Whereby The Two Become Blended And Magnified…the Best Stories Here Are So Textured And Moving, So Universal But Utterly Distinctive, That It's Easy To Imagine Readers Savoring Them Many Years From Now. And To Imagine Critics, Far In The Future, Deploying Lofty New Terms To Explain What It Is That Makes Keegan's Fiction Work.</p>