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Shadow of the Owl
Matthew Sweeney
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Description for Shadow of the Owl
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Shadow of the Owl is Matthew Sweeney's final collection, bringing together the poems he wrote during a year of debilitating illness. He died from Motor Neuron Disease in 2018 shortly after publishing My Life as a Painter, written before he became ill, but – like all his previous collections – preparation for this final work. In a sequence of dark fables, a hapless figure is hounded by a procession of invisible enemies who want him dead. These jokers – kidnappers, assassins, liars all – have many methods at their disposal, from crucifixion or hanging to bombing or mauling by crocodile… ... Read more
Shadow of the Owl is Matthew Sweeney's final collection, bringing together the poems he wrote during a year of debilitating illness. He died from Motor Neuron Disease in 2018 shortly after publishing My Life as a Painter, written before he became ill, but – like all his previous collections – preparation for this final work. In a sequence of dark fables, a hapless figure is hounded by a procession of invisible enemies who want him dead. These jokers – kidnappers, assassins, liars all – have many methods at their disposal, from crucifixion or hanging to bombing or mauling by crocodile… ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780375427
SKU
9781780375427
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About Matthew Sweeney
Matthew Sweeney (1952-2018) was born in Lifford, Co. Donegal, Ireland. He moved to London in 1973 and studied at the Polytechnic of North London and the University of Freiburg. After living in Berlin and Timisoara for some years, he returned to Ireland and settled in Cork. He died in August 2018 from motor neurone disease. His poetry collections include A ... Read more
Reviews for Shadow of the Owl
Matthew had the courage of his own idiosyncratic sensibility; nobody now writing has Matthew’s gift for employing language and images of fable to such a dark and unsettling effect, ringing the changes from tenderness to dark comedy with such power and verve.
Theo Dorgan
The Irish Times
One of the most adventurous, life-enhancing and distinctive poets of ... Read more
Theo Dorgan
The Irish Times
One of the most adventurous, life-enhancing and distinctive poets of ... Read more