THE GREEN FOOL
by KAVANAGH, PATRICK
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009182
- Title
- THE GREEN FOOL
- Author
- KAVANAGH, PATRICK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
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