{"product_id":"stepping-stones-interviews-with-seamus-heaney-9780374531935","title":"Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared before now. Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, \u003ci\u003eStepping Stones \u003c\/i\u003eretraces Heaney's steps from his first exploratory testing of the ground as an infant to what he called his \"moon-walk\" to the podium to receive the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. It also fascinatingly charts his post-Nobel life and is supplemented with a 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, Heaney sheds a personal light on his work (poems, essays, translations, plays) and on the artistic and ethical challenges he faced during the dark years of the Ulster Troubles. Combining the spontaneity of animated conversation with the considered qualities of the best autobiographical writing, \u003ci\u003eStepping Stones \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an original, diverting, and absorbing store of reflections and recollections. Scholars and general readers alike are brought closer to the work, life, and creative development of a charismatic and lavishly gifted poet whose latest collection, \u003ci\u003eDistrict and Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis O'Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e's previous publications include \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReality Check\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of a collection of essays and reviews, \u003ci\u003eTroubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, and works as a civil servant in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503275970834,"sku":"9780374531935","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70bb1c9f-f98a-4339-bcb7-e85a1aea323f.jpg?v=1730787125","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stepping-stones-interviews-with-seamus-heaney-9780374531935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}