Tarry Flynn
$23.52
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2000
Summary
A charming story of a young farmer’s life in rural Ireland, from the author of The Green Fool and The Great Hunger.
He did not ask things to have a meaning or to tell a story. To be was the only story.
A man’s mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141183619 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141183616 |
| Author: | Patrick Kavanagh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2000 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a major figure in the modern Irish poetic canon. A post-colonial poet, he released Anglo-Irish verse from its prolonged obsession with history, ethnicity and national politics. His poetry, written in an uninhibited vernacular style, focused on the ‘common and banal’ aspects of contemporary life.
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