{"product_id":"walk-the-blue-fields-paperback","title":"Walk the Blue Fields - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Keegan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second collection of \"exquisite stories\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These, \u003c\/i\u003e whose award-winning works of fiction have sold over two million copies worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the prestigious Edge Hill Prize and the second story collection in Claire Keegan's bestselling body of work, \u003ci\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 2007 to critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. In \"The Long and Painful Death,\" a writer awarded a stay to work in Henrich Böll's old cottage has her peace interrupted by an unwelcome intruder whose motive emerge as the night progresses. In the title story, a priest waiting to perform a marriage battles his memories of a lost love, an affair that made him question all to which he has dedicated his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful portrait of a country wrestling with its past, \u003ci\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking collection from one of the world's greatest fiction writers and a resounding articulation of all the yearnings of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Keegan\u003c\/b\u003e's works of fiction are internationally acclaimed and have been translated into thirty languages. \u003ci\u003eAntarctica\u003c\/i\u003e won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. \u003ci\u003eWalk the Blue Fields\u003c\/i\u003e won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. \u003ci\u003eFoster\u003c\/i\u003e won the Davy Byrnes Award--then the world's richest prize for a short story. \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century and an Oprah's Book Club Pick, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize and won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the Year. \u003ci\u003eSo Late in the Day\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Story Prize. She was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland (2022), Author of the Year (2023), the Seamus Heaney Award for Arts and Letters, and the Siegfried Lenz Award (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52554255630629,"sku":"9780802170491","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/lRwtgw8blI9780802170491.webp?v=1781356322","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/walk-the-blue-fields-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}