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Déanamh gàire ris a' chloc : dàin ùra agus thaghte [Gaelic] = Laughing at the clock : new and selected poems / Aonghas MacNeacail.

by MacNeacail, Aonghas.

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Scottish Gaelic poetry -- Translations into English.

Scottish Gaelic poetry -- 21st century.

9781846972300 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Laughing at the clock

xv, 221 pages ; 22 cm

Scottish Gaelic language poems with English translations on facing pages.

Written by one of today's foremost poets writing in the Gaelic language, this bilingual compilation touches upon various themes, including love, aging, memory, language, politics, and landscape. Displaying a tight mastery of form and beautifully controlled rhythm, it is a celebration of the best in contemporary Scottish poetry.

"Aonghas MacNeacail (born in 1942), nickname Aonghas dubh or Black Angus, is a contemporary writer in the Scottish Gaelic language. He was born on Uig , on the Isle of Skye. He won the Stakis Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year with his third collection, Oideachadh Ceart ('A Proper Schooling and other poems'), in 1997. His poetry collection Laoidh an Donais òig ('hymn to a young demon') was published in 2007"--From wikipedia.org website.

Scottish Gaelic poetry.

Bilingual books.

Scottish Gaelic language materials

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