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Cries Of An Irish Caveman
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Cries Of An Irish Caveman

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‘ His voice speaks clearly on the page in poems of harrowing intimacy, politics and love. He holds a mirror up to himself- but we can see ourselves over his shoulder, whoever we are’ - Carol Ann Duffy, Guardian

WINNER OF THE 2014 IRISH BOOK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Cries of an Irish Caveman is Paul Durcan’s most inspired and surprising collection of poems. Through four distinct sections, he brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love and loss, life and death.

The first section describes an experience in Australia which provides a starting point for reassessing his past relationships and loves. The second returns to Ireland, its people and places, the celebrated and the unknown. The third section is a meditation on his daughter’s marriage, placing within an historical and sacramental context a very personal event.

And finally, in some of his most daring and original writing, Durcan describes his own twentieth-century romance, replete with ecstacies and inevitable agonies, beauty and hope, but also brutality and self-abasement.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
7 May 2015
Pages
176
ISBN
9781910701133

‘ His voice speaks clearly on the page in poems of harrowing intimacy, politics and love. He holds a mirror up to himself- but we can see ourselves over his shoulder, whoever we are’ - Carol Ann Duffy, Guardian

WINNER OF THE 2014 IRISH BOOK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Cries of an Irish Caveman is Paul Durcan’s most inspired and surprising collection of poems. Through four distinct sections, he brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love and loss, life and death.

The first section describes an experience in Australia which provides a starting point for reassessing his past relationships and loves. The second returns to Ireland, its people and places, the celebrated and the unknown. The third section is a meditation on his daughter’s marriage, placing within an historical and sacramental context a very personal event.

And finally, in some of his most daring and original writing, Durcan describes his own twentieth-century romance, replete with ecstacies and inevitable agonies, beauty and hope, but also brutality and self-abasement.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
7 May 2015
Pages
176
ISBN
9781910701133