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A unique insight into the life and mind of Seamus Heaney.
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Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until now. Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, Stepping Stones retraces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and his post-Nobel life. It is supplemented with a large number of photographs, many from the Heaney family album and published here for the first time. In response to firm but subtle questioning from Dennis O'Driscoll, Seamus Heaney sheds a personal light on his work (poems, essays, translations, plays) and on the artistic and ethical challenges he faced, providing an original, diverting and absorbing store of reflections, opinions and recollections.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful book. Seamus Heaney is everything we hoped a poet or artist would be - wise, unpretentious, generous, observant. It may seem a long book at first glance, but it's full of wonderful comments about poetry and life. Well worth reading.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If I had to use one word to sum up what I learned about Seamus Heaney from reading the excellent Stepping Stones it would be: grounded. Heaney is a serious man writing serious work and in this collection of questions and responses with Dennis O'Driscoll it is apparent he doesn't take himself too seriously. It is full of insights into the man and his work- how does he keep performing at the top of his game? Heaney says it is simply a matter of "Getting started, keeping going, getting started again".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book gives great insight into the mind and life of such a great poet. It's very readable and mostly fascinating to hear these personal interviews with Heaney. Highly recommended.
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an insight
This is an excellent non-autobiogarphy. Set up as a long interview it reveals Heaney in all his intellectual glory. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2010 by Conor Murphy
Clear & intense
If you like Heaney's poetry, this book is for you. Like his verses, his opinions and comments and tales are both clear and intense.
Published on 7 Jun 2009 by Jaume
Stepping Stones Irish Book Award 2009 - Non Fiction Winner
Irish Non Fiction Award 2009
Stepping Stones by Seamus Heaney and Denis O Driscoll. Its ISBN is 9780571242528 and it is published by Faber and Faber. Read more
Stepping Stones by Seamus Heaney and Denis O Driscoll. Its ISBN is 9780571242528 and it is published by Faber and Faber. Read more
Published on 13 May 2009 by Annette Dunlea Irish Author
Stepping Stones Interviews with Seamus Heaney
Let me start by saying that I love his poetry and that this book gives wonderful insights into aspects of his thinking and life that give expression to that creativity. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Cornishman
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