| Title | : | Sweeney Astray |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Seamus Heaney |
| Release | : | 2014-01-13 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 469059 |
| Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibne. Its hero, 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. |
