Sweeney Astray

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.

• | By (Author): Seamus Heaney
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• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Aug 06, 2001
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 96 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0571210090
• | ISBN-13: 9780571210091