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Sweeney Astray Main edition
Seamus Heaney
"Sweeney Astray" is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work "Buile Suibhne". Its hero, Mad Sweeney, undergoes a series of purgatorial adventures after he is cursed by a saint and turned into a demented flying creature at the Battle of Moira.
96 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 6, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571210091 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 96 |
| Dimensions | 132 × 198 × 8 mm · 122 g |
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