{"product_id":"walk-the-blue-fields","title":"Walk the Blue Fields","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClaire Keegan’s brilliant debut collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAntarctica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA masterful portrait of a country wrestling with its past and of individuals eking out their futures, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a breathtaking collection from one of Ireland’s greatest talents, and a resounding articulation of all the yearnings of the human heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120245117213,"sku":"9780802170491","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780802170491.jpg?v=1751400377","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/walk-the-blue-fields","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}