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Cries of an Irish Caveman
Paul Durcan
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Description for Cries of an Irish Caveman
Hardcover. 160pp. Inscription copy. Keywords: Irish poetry
Cries of an Irish Caveman is Paul Durcan's most inspired and surprising collection of poems. Through four distinct sections, he brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love, loss, life and death. The first section describes an experience in Australia which provides a starting point for reassessing his past relationships and loves. The second returns to Ireland, its people and places, the celebrated and the unknown. The third section is a meditation on his daughter's marriage, placing within an historical and sacramental context a very personal event. And finally, in some of his most daring and original ... Read more
Cries of an Irish Caveman is Paul Durcan's most inspired and surprising collection of poems. Through four distinct sections, he brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love, loss, life and death. The first section describes an experience in Australia which provides a starting point for reassessing his past relationships and loves. The second returns to Ireland, its people and places, the celebrated and the unknown. The third section is a meditation on his daughter's marriage, placing within an historical and sacramental context a very personal event. And finally, in some of his most daring and original ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
1st Edition
Yes
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
Like new, in a mylar wrapper
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860469091
SKU
KHS1011810
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paul Durcan
Paul Durcan's first book of poems, Endsville (with Brian Lynch) was published in 1967 and has been followed by fifteen others, including Daddy, Daddy (Winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry, 1990) and A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems (1993). His most recent is the long poem, Christmas Day (1996). He is a member of Aosdana and ... Read more
Reviews for Cries of an Irish Caveman
"Paul Durcan's Ireland is the one we inhabit. At times he is ready to celebrate the bizarre and the ordinary; at other times he is full of a surreal rage against both order and disorder" Colm Toibin, TLS; "For him poetry is story-telling and his stories are told in a direct fashion that makes them totally accessible... Paul Durcan's poetry ... Read more