Time hardly mattered in the village of Mucker, the birthplace of poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh. Full of wry humour, Kavanagh's unsentimental and evocative account of his Irish rural upbringing describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. There are tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching; of country-weddings and fairs, of political banditry and religious pilgrimages; and of farm-work in the fields and kicking mares. Kavanagh's experiences inspired him to write poetry which immortalized a fast-disappearing way of life and brought him recognition as one of Ireland's great poets.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
One of the major figures in the modern Irish poetic canon, Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a post-colonial poet who released Anglo-Irish verse from its prolonged obsession with history, ethnicity and national politics. His poetry, written in an uninhibited vernacular style, focused on the 'common and banal' aspects of contemporary life.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Patrick's Ashes,
By Stephen McNulty (Dungannon, Co Tyrone Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Green Fool (Hardcover)
Patrick Kavanagh's autobiography of life in rural Ireland differs in many ways from McCourt's ubiquitous Angela's Ashes offering. In my opinion, it is far superior on every level - humour, pathos, wisdom, language, love...Being from Ireland, this book speaks volumes in its meagre 250 pages. The final paragraph reads... "I returned to Ireland. Ireland green and chaste and foolish. And when I wandered over my own hills and talked again to my own people I lookde into the heart of this life and I saw that it was good". Beautiful stuff... Seek this treasure out.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My great good luck...,
By Karen L Trimble (Roswell, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Green Fool (Hardcover)
...was to pick this book up at the Dublin airport on my way home to Atlanta. It is charming and, no surprise since Mr Kavanagh is a poet, very poetic. My favourite quote, which should give you the flavour of the book is: "But though the coin of joy isn't legal tender in the mundane shops of the world, it is in the lands of Imagination, and I to-day, jingling my purse of memory, know I am richer than Rockefeller or Henry Ford or the Rothschilds ever were."This book gives you a feel for the harsh realities and magic of living in Ireland in the first half of the 20th Century. I highly recommend it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kavanagh,
By Richard Scott Freeman "Half-Irish" (Germantown, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Green Fool (Paperback)
Want to find out what it was really like in Ireland just after the turn of the (19th) century? Want to know what language really sounded like? Read this lovely charm-filled little book by the author of Raglan Road.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
