Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the long awaited second collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These.
A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture. That Christmas, the electricity goes out. A forester mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife. He finds a woman eating alone in the hotel. A farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. And in the title story, a priest waits on the altar for a bride and battles, all that wedding day, with his memories of a love affair. In her long-awaited second collection, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past.
Claire Keegan grew up in rural Wicklow and studied English and Political Science at Loyola University, New Orleans. Her highly acclaimed debut, Antarctica, was published in the UK and US in 1999.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571233076 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571233074 |
| Title | Walk the Blue Fields |
| Author | Claire Keegan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2008-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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