Station Island - Hardcover

Heaney, Seamus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374269785 ISBN 13: 9780374269784

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1985

Synopsis

Poems deal with a pilgrim's spiritual journey, the story of an ancient Irish king, and children, nature, change, travel, mortality, and religion

About this title

About the Author:

Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for The Spirit Level (1996) and Beowulf (1999). Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; Human Chain, his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. His translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI was published posthumously in 2016 to critical acclaim.

Review:

“Seamus Heaney is one of the most admired poets writing in English to have emerged in the last 20 years, and if you open 'Station Island' almost anywhere you will soon see why. Powerful images; compelling rhythms; a distinctive palette; phrases packed tight with meaning - Mr. Heaney has all the primary gifts of a poet.” ―The New York Times

“Striking.” ―Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0374269785
• ISBN 13: 9780374269784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 123