{"product_id":"north","title":"North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition of Seamus Heaney’s seminal fourth collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e, reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy conjuring aspects of a shared Northern European experience – its peculiar landscapes and weathers, its sea-faring incursions, the vernaculars of its buried and living peoples – Heaney found a way of articulating a vision of Ireland in which the disruptions and violences of the Troubles could be reflected too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘. . . it’s the brilliant reconciliation of art with politics that sets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e apart from the rest of Heaney’s oeuvre and gives it a kind of dark majesty.’ Robert McCrum, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The seedtime of the soul and the dissolution of the flesh melt equally into history, exhumed only temporarily in Heaney’s penetrating vision, where gravity and preservation unite.’ Helen Vendler, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raincoast","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50071638606110,"sku":"9780571377794","price":33.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/BNCImageAPI-2025-08-22T111422.055.jpg?v=1755875691","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/north","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}