
Sweeney Astray
by Seamus Heaney
Title:
Sweeney Astray
Author:
Seamus Heaney
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
88 pages
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13:
9780571210091
EAN:
9780571210091
Publication Date:
06/08/2001
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
236
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 132 x 8
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
"Sweeney Astray" is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work "Buile Suibhne". Its hero, Mad Sweeney, undergoes a series of purgatorial adventures after he is cursed by a saint and turned into a demented flying creature at the Battle of Moira.




















