Dermot Healy's poems "project an open, rugged humanity, celebratory of common life" -- The Irish Times. In this second collection, Healy broadens his focus from his communal devotions to the quick of the natural world. Local speech patterns incorporate idiosyncratic observations and sometimes surreal incursions. In a book busy with life -- "Everything is on the go. Time is moving inland". -- Dermot Healy registers sounds and silences in ultimately peaceful ways.
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Dermot Healy's poems "project an open, rugged humanity, celebratory of common life" -- The Irish Times. In this second collection, Healy broadens his focus from his communal devotions to the quick of the natural world. Local speech patterns incorporate idiosyncratic observations and sometimes surreal incursions. In a book busy with life -- "Everything is on the go. Time is moving inland". -- Dermot Healy registers sounds and silences in ultimately peaceful ways.
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Add this copy of What the Hammer to cart. $28.00, very good condition, Sold by Dufour Editions Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyomissing, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Gallery Press.
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Very Good. NEW UNREAD AND UNMARKED BUT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED: SHELF WORN, AND LIGHTLY FOXED, WITH A CREASED COVER THAT LIES FLAT. TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN TEXT.
Add this copy of What the Hammer to cart. $29.00, new condition, Sold by Dufour Editions Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyomissing, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Gallery Press.
Add this copy of What the Hammer to cart. $59.15, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Dufour Editions.
Add this copy of What the Hammer to cart. $93.16, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Dufour Editions.
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Add this copy of What the Hammer to cart. $175.00, like new condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Gallery Books Ireland, 1998.
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SIGNED. A lovely collection of poems by this Irish poet which has become scarce in cloth edition. Fine and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Fully signed by the poet Dermot Healy on the full title page.
