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Dear Life [Paperback]

Dennis O'Driscoll
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19 May 2012
"Dear Life" is Dennis O'Driscoll's ninth book of poetry. Like his earlier work, it engages with contemporary issues - the internet era, the compensation culture, global warming - as well as providing fresh perspectives on the timeless topics of working and ageing, loving and dying, God and Mammon. Several startling poems give voice to twenty-first century Western attitudes towards religious belief. With its wry, double-edged title, the sequence "Dear Life" attempts nothing less than an exploration of the nature and purpose of human life.

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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry (19 May 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0856464465
  • ISBN-13: 978-0856464461
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 308,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'It takes a special genius to see the real and important lurking in the mundanely routine - O'Driscoll, the Irish Larkin, does. This most astute of poets juxtaposes the soul of the artist with the exactness of the anthropologist; the result is work of meditative intelligence, humour and forgiving humanity.' Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times 'Dennis O'Driscoll has produced an extraordinary body of work - Some of his poems have already achieved the status of classics.' Richard Tillinghast, Poetry Ireland Review

About the Author

Dennis O'Driscoll was born in Thurles in 1954. He has published eight previous collections of poetry, a book of essays, two collections of literary quotations and 'Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney'. He has received numerous awards in Ireland and the USA. He worked for almost forty years in Ireland's Revenue and Customs service.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great Irish poet's last pages 28 Jan 2013
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A thoughtful and penetrative analysis of life viewed through the lens of one of Ireland's most beloved and missed poets. Read it for the beauty of its poetry and read it to celebrate a life well lived.
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