Presents an account of the author's Irish rural upbringing that describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip.... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
Patrick Kavanagh's imagery is drawn from the life of the Irish country poor, which he shared at first hand, and an inner landscape of pain and self-knowledge.