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Walk the Blue Fields

'Pure magic.' Colm Tóibín

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Walk the Blue Fields

By: Claire Keegan
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly, Aidan Quinn, Aoife McMahon
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AN 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.

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A little dark but utterly brilliant writing. Was drawn back to it more than a usual novel which surprised me. Atmospheric and thought provoking. And a bit funny.

Genius writing

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I liked some stories better than others, but all were involving and surprising. They gave me the gift of glimpsing the variety of human realities that surround us. Realities that are both familiar and alien.

Subtle and poignant

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I absolutely loved this book.. if I had searched “ Irish atmospheric books” I’m sure this would have been top of the list .. my spiritual home and heart is in ireland so this read (listen) these characters and the superb narrator’s whisked me right off and put me down in that exquisite place of my dreams .. love love love 💚💚💚💚💚💚 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

If Ireland 🇮🇪 has ur 💚this is ur golden ticket

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The characters are so strong the stories both joyful, tragic, powerful and haunting. They are read with great honesty

Great collection of stories, all of life is here

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This is a compilation of eight short stories some of which are triggering which was not revealed in the brief description. Wish I had returned it.

Meh

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