
Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until now. Through his own lively & eloquent reminiscences, Stepping Stones retraces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature & his post-Nobel life. It is supplemented with a large number of photographs, many from the Heaney family album & published here for the first time. In response to firm but subtle questioning from Dennis O' Driscoll, Seamus Heaney sheds a personal light on his work (poems, essays, translations, plays) & on the artistic & ethical challenges he faced, providing an original, diverting & absorbing store of reflections, opinions & recollections.