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.
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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.
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Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. 85pp. First US Edition. Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibhne. The first complete translation since 1913. Showing light shelf wear. Covers lightly sunned, in mylar cover, remains a fine copy. Keywords: Poetry-Seamus Heaney.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. 85 pp. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M21.
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Fine in Not Issued jacket. Limited Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First US edition. Limited issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Heaney on the limitation page. Copy #169. Green full-cloth with embossed decoration on front board. Illustrated by Barrie Cooke. Introduction by Heaney. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Fine condition in a Fine slipcase with the publisher's original shipping carton.
