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A Night Out with Robert Burns: The Greatest Poems (Hardcover)

by Robert Burns (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 222 pages
  • Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd (24 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841959928
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841959924
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 134,731 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'People who find it hard to get into Robert Burns have the answer to their prayers with this book. Here are The Greatest Poems presented in a way that Burns himself would have enjoyed -- letting the poems chime and rhyme with the debates that surround us in the world today. Somebody clever once said that poetry helps you to live your life, and here is Burns at his most helpful, in conversation with a Scottish writer who loves him, Andrew O'Hagan. I think the book will change a lot of people's attitude to poetry.' Ewan McGregor'The way Burns sounded, his choice of words, his rhymes and metaphors, all that collapsed the distance I expected to feel between myself and the schoolbook poetry I encountered first at Anahorish ElementarySchool. He did not fail the Muse or us or himself as one of poetry's chosen instruments.' Seamus Heaney


Seamus Heaney

He did not fail the Muse or us or himself as one of poetry's
chosen instruments.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a box of chocolates..., 24 Jan 2008
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I picked up this beautifully-produced book with a Scottish friend in mind, and we both liked the way Andrew O'Hagan links the greatest Burns poems with contemporary news / talking-head quotes and personal stories. It makes you realise how roving and exotic for the times Burns' life was. But the poems also speak for themselves, and the book introduced me to a few I'd overlooked before. Great idea to set up the two writers!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Poet for All Seasons, 24 Jan 2008
As a child growing up in Canada I read Robert Burns in an edition whose pages were thick with glosses, which, while they managed to translate what was for me a new language, also managed to obscure the poetry of it all. Here, in Canongate's elegant new edition of Burns' work, Andrew O'Hagan expels all the clutter from the page and lets the language stand on its own: luminous and lusty, brawny and graceful. The insightful introductions to the poems weave the personal with the scholarly, the modern world with the world of Burns, and poetry with life. And for all of us language-lovers there is a delicious glossary at the back of the book, full of words like aizle (ember), skellpie-limmer (a hussy), and thraw (twist).
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ach aye, pal!, 24 Jan 2008
With Burns night tomorrow, the Lazarou household is preparing the haggis, neeps and tatties and practicing our Burns apace. My daughter handed me a copy of this wonderful book. I was vaguely aware of Andrew O Hagan before I opened it but was really taken aback by just how insightful and personal his reflections are. It's one for the Burns specialists and ex-pat enthusiasts alike!
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4.0 out of 5 stars a night out with robert burns
A fascinating read for any burns lover compiled by a true Burns lover with concise introductions to each seperate section. Read more
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I'm a big fan of Scottish folk songs which includes a lot of Burns put to music. What I love about this book, that a friend was reading out last night, is how the stories make the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rani

5.0 out of 5 stars A ground-breaking edition of Burns' work that will delight old and new fans in equal measure
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