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Description for Song of Duiske
Paperback. In South Kilkenny, where Duiske stream joins the river Barrow at Graiguenamanagh, lies one of Ireland's many Norman-Cistercian abbeys. This novella is set amongst this monastic community in the year 1304, a century after the abbey's foundation. It aims to evoke the textures and rhythms of this medieval religious settlement. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91. Good clean copy. Previous owner's name on ffep. Press reviews of book pasted onto half title, remains a nice copy
In south Kilkenny, where Duiske stream joins the river Barrow at Graiguenamanagh, lies one of Ireland’s many Norman-Cistercian abbeys. Song of Duiske is a novella set amongst this monastic community in the year 1304, a century after the abbey’s foundation. It evokes the textures and rhythms of a medieval religious settlement, its peaceful routines as well as occasional trials, and celebrates with quiet lyricism the seasons and their solaces, ‘the open sky, the fields and the woods’.
In south Kilkenny, where Duiske stream joins the river Barrow at Graiguenamanagh, lies one of Ireland’s many Norman-Cistercian abbeys. Song of Duiske is a novella set amongst this monastic community in the year 1304, a century after the abbey’s foundation. It evokes the textures and rhythms of a medieval religious settlement, its peaceful routines as well as occasional trials, and celebrates with quiet lyricism the seasons and their solaces, ‘the open sky, the fields and the woods’.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780946640379
SKU
KSG0028586
Shipping Time
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About John A. Ryan
JOHN A. RYAN is a retired teacher. In 1975 he won a Hennessy New Irish Writing Award.
Reviews for Song of Duiske
A little bouquet of beauty … every page throws up a gem’ – Vincent Lawrence, Sunday Press ‘Vision-like in its effect, to be savoured rather than gulped … a small classic of Irish literature’ – Seán Dunne, The Cork Examiner ‘A tiny masterpiece … like a miniature painting. If I were forced to live on a desert island, the little ... Read more