This Christmas.
Gift the gift of ‘The Troubles’.
Maeve Convery, of the Merrion Press, writes;
World-renowned Northern Irish photographer, Bobbie Hanvey, captured some of ‘The Troubles’ most defining and devastating moments. Bobbie is lauded as much for these photographs as he is for his iconic portraits of figures like Seamus Heaney, Gerry Adams, Brian Friel, and Ian Paisley.
Now, in the fiftieth year since the outbreak of hostilities, these photographs take on even greater resonance through the work/poems of Bobbie’s eldest son, singer-songwriter and poet, Steafán Hanvey in this beautiful hardback book entitled Reconstructions priced 19.95 (at link below).
Inspired by the photographs, that he often witnessed coming to life in the darkroom, Steafán’s memories of an out of the ordinary childhood are presented in a lyric poetry filled with startling imagery and insights that capture the wit, anguish, and dreams of the people of Northern Ireland.
Reconstructions by Bobbi and Steafán Hanvey (Merrion Press)
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