Publication

2010 - Penguin Publishing, London, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780141190747
  • ISBN-100141190744
  • OverDrive75D1711F-E8FC-48F0-BE11-04B34C032B95
  • Better World Books9780141190747
  • Open LibraryOL24246579M

Description

Time hardly mattered in the village of Mucker, the birthplace of poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh. Full of wry humour, Kavanagh's unsentimental and evocative account of his Irish rural upbringing describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. There are tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching; of country-weddings and fairs, of political banditry and religious pilgrimages; and of farm-work in the fields and kicking mares. Kavanagh's experiences inspired him to write poetry which immortalized a fast-disappearing way of life and brought him recognition as one of Ireland's great poets.

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Other Editions

  • The Green FoolElectronic resourcePenguin Publishing2010

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