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Description for The Art of Life
hardcover. Good copy showing light age and shelfwear with light nicks and tears to clipped dust jacket. Gift inscription to half title
In The Art of Life Paul Durcan takes us around County Mayo in his "filthy, two-door, bottle-green Opel Astra", stopping off at Westport and Achill Island, where he declares himself to be "globally sad", but "locally glad". Next he travels east to Dublin to hold in his arms his newborn granddaughter and thence to Tuscany, Poland and Japan. Along the way he reflects upon parental pride, the aches and pains of old age, the trim bottoms of snooker players, the wisdom of ex-wives and dogs on Sandymount Strand, while introducing us to a host of colourful characters, including a bishop, ... Read more
In The Art of Life Paul Durcan takes us around County Mayo in his "filthy, two-door, bottle-green Opel Astra", stopping off at Westport and Achill Island, where he declares himself to be "globally sad", but "locally glad". Next he travels east to Dublin to hold in his arms his newborn granddaughter and thence to Tuscany, Poland and Japan. Along the way he reflects upon parental pride, the aches and pains of old age, the trim bottoms of snooker players, the wisdom of ex-wives and dogs on Sandymount Strand, while introducing us to a host of colourful characters, including a bishop, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvill Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843432197
SKU
KMO0002369
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paul Durcan
Paul Durcan was born in Dublin in 1944. His first book, Endsville, appeared in 1967, and has been followed by 17 others, including The Berlin Wall Cafe (Poetry Book Society Choice, 1985), Daddy, Daddy (winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry, 1990), A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems (1993) and Cries of an Irish Caveman: New Poems ... Read more
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