| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
viii, 85 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
"Had I not been awake" -- Album -- Conway Stewart -- Uncoupled -- Butts -- Chanson d'Aventure -- Miracle -- Human chain -- Mite-box -- Old refrain -- Wood road -- Baler -- Derry Derry Down -- Eelworks -- Slack -- Herbal -- Canopy -- Riverbank field -- Route 110 -- Death of a painter -- Loughanure -- Wraiths -- Sweeney out-takes -- Colum Cille Cecinit -- Hermit songs -- "Lick the pencil" -- "Door was open and the house was dark" -- In the attic -- Kite for Aibhin. |
| Summary |
Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present--the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. |
| Awards |
Forward Poetry Prize, 2010. |
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Irish Times Poetry Now Award, 2011. |
| Subject |
Ireland -- Poetry.
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9780374173517 |
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0374173516 |
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9780374533007 (pbk.) |
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0374533008 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
40018326541 |
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