Walk the Blue Fields
(Author) Claire KeeganAN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'Exquisite . so intricately wrought, so strange and beguiling as to entirely bewitch.' GUARDIAN 'Pure magic.' COLM TÓIBÍN 'Lyrical, thoughtful, but with a thick, dark strain of melancholy running through.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 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
Claire Keegan is an Irish author known for her concise and evocative writing style. Her most notable work is the short story collection "Walk the Blue Fields," which explores themes of family, love, and loss in rural Ireland. Keegan's writing is characterized by its lyrical prose and keen attention to detail, capturing the complexities of human relationships with precision and empathy. She has been praised for her ability to create powerful and emotionally resonant narratives in a compact form. Keegan's work has had a significant impact on the genre of contemporary Irish literature, earning her recognition as one of the country's most talented and influential writers.
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