| Title : | Life is a dream : 40 years reading poems, 1967-2007 | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Paul Durcan, Author | | Publisher: | London : Harvill Secker | | Publication Date: | 2009 | | Pagination: | xx, 586 p. | | Size: | 24 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-84655-024-9 | | General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 567)
Includes index (p. 571-586) | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | | Descriptors: | English poetry - 20th century
English poetry - Irish authors
| | Class number: | 821.914 | | Abstract: | Famous for his electrifying poetry readings, Paul Durcan marks four decades of composing silently and reciting aloud with this magnificent collection, which brings together for the first time the critically acclaimed poet's own choice of his work from his first book, "Endsville" (1967), to "The Laughter of Mothers" (2007). "Life is a Dream" represents the whole range of Durcan's writing - funny and subversive verse narratives and self-mocking poems of underachievement, poems celebrating love and sex or the lives of famous writers and artists, as well as tender, poignant verses commemorating the dead. Throughout his long career, Durcan has continued to make passionate and moving poetry out of his own and his country's misfortunes. He is by turns a surrealist, a mystic, an Irish comedian with perfect comic timing and an angry champion of the oppressed. "Life is a Dream" reaffirms the constant vision and artistic integrity of one of the most powerful, humane and original voices in modern poetry. | | Contents note: | O west-port in the light of Asia minor; Teresa's bar; Sam's cross; Jesus, break his fall; Jumping the train tracks with Angela; The Berlin wall cafe; Going home to Russia; Daddy, daddy; Crazy about women; A snail in my prime; Give my your hand; A goose in the frost; Christmas day; greetings to our friends in Brazil; Cries of an Irish caveman; the art of life; The laughter of mothers; | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16931 |
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