One Moonlit Night: (Un Nos Ola Leuad) (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Caradog Prichard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141180617 ISBN 13: 9780141180618

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

Set in a Welsh slate-quarrying village during WW1, against a background of appalling deprivation, Caradog Prichard's autobiographical masterpiece centres on a young boy and his relationship with his widowed and isolated mother. As the boy's fragile world disintegrates, his natural exuberance gives way to feelings of loss and dispossession, with devastating results. With its dark undercurrent of madness, sexual perversion and violence, alternating with deep humour, and continual undermining of our sense of time, ONE MOONLIT NIGHT can be read on several levels.

About this title

About the Author:

Caradog Prichard (1904-1980) was born in north-west Wales and pursued a career in journalism, finally becoming sub-editor at the Daily Telegraph. He won the Crown of the National Eisteddfod of Wales a record three times in sucession and was awarded the 1962 Eisteddfod Chair.
Menna Baines was awarded an MPhil in 1992 for a study on Caradog Prichard which is shortly to be published by Gomer Press.

Synopsis:

Set in a Welsh slate-quarrying village during World War I, against a background of appalling deprivation, this novel centres on a young boy and his relationship with his widowed mother. As the boy's world disintegrates, his natural exuberance gives way to feelings of loss and dispossession.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0141180617
• ISBN 13: 9780141180618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368