The Green Fool by Patrick Kavanagh - ISBN: 9780141184203
Paperback
Irish rural life: poverty, poetry, and mischievous village adventures unfold.

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    2 May 2001

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Summary

A delightful autobiographical novel from one of Ireland’s best-loved writers.

My part of Ireland had a poet at one time, a poor ragged fellow whom no respectable person would be seen talking to, but he left doors open as he passed.

Time hardly mattered in the village of Mucker, the birthplace of poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh. Full of wry humour, Kavanagh’s unsentimental and evocative account of his Irish rural upbringing describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141184203
ISBN-10:0141184205
Author:Patrick Kavanagh
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:2 May 2001
Weight:212g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 18mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Patrick Kavanagh

Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a major figure in the modern Irish poetic canon. A post-colonial poet, he freed Anglo-Irish verse from its long-held focus on 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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