On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of its publication, in May 2006, Faber reissued Seamus Heaney's classic debut collection, Death of a Naturalist, which, upon its appearance in 1966, won awards such as the Cholmondeley Award, the E.C. Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.
"His words give us the soil of Ireland, the vivid violence of his childhood on a farm in Derry. The full energy of these poems makes Death of a Naturalist the best debut collection of poems I have read in some time." - C.B. Cox in the Spectator
"The power and precision of his best poems are a delight, and as a debut collection, Death of a Naturalist is remarkable [...] Its theme is those things that are inherent or inherited. What he praises deserves to be praised in his work." - Christopher Ricks, New Statesman
"Now, to explore the roots, to touch the mud, To look wide-eyed at Narcissus, in some spring, Is beneath all adult dignity. I cast lines to see myself, to set the darkness echoing."
Pages: 56, Dimensions: 13x13cm
