Sweeney Astray

Sweeney Astray - Paperback

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Sweeney Astray - Paperback

Sweeney Astray - Paperback

by Seamus Heaney
$15.00
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Book Overview

Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibne. Its here, Mad Sweeney, undergoes a series of purgatorial adventures after he is cursed by a saint and turned into a bird at the Battle of Moira. Heaney's translation not only restores to us a work of historical and literary importance but offers the genius of one of our greatest living poets to reinforce its claims on the reader of contemporary literature.
ISBN9780374518943
Author Seamus Heaney
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 1985
LanguageENG- English
Pages96
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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