The Best of Friends: Volume 2 (Land of the Living): Land of the Living 2 - Softcover

Emyr Humphreys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708315658 ISBN 13: 9780708315651

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 1999

Synopsis

This novel follows Flesh and Blood in the Amy Parry narrative sequence. Amy and Enid go together to university, where the former takes a leading part in the Nationalist campaign against Anglicization. Later Enid pairs off with John Cilydd More, a young solicitor who is also a poet, and Amy with Val Gwyn, an idealistic student leader. But Val dies of tuberculosis and Amy, in the post university world, falls prey to Pen Lewis, Communist and opportunist; Enid also dies. In this section of the narrative Amy loses her way: the props provided by other people's ideals and visions of society (the Communist one proving to be just another exploitation of women) having been removed she is empty of purpose.

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Review

"The Best of Friends 'is that rarity, a serious novel that is also immensely entertaining." -Birmingham Post

--Birmingham Post

"Mr Humphreys' keen grasp of period gives the book a solid authenticity." -Anthony Thwaite, The Observer

--Anthony Thwaite "The Observer "

"The Best of Friends is . . . part of a sequence which, when completed, will have described the processes of growth, change and decay which have made Wales what it is today. For such a task Mr Humphreys is eminently well qualified." -Goronwy Rees, The Times Literary Supplement

--Goronwy Rees "The Times Literary Supplement "

" . . . one of the finest achievements of Welsh writing in English. Already it is clear that Emyr Humphreys is our greatest living novelist." -Western Mail

--Western

About the Author

During a remarkable career spanning over seventy years as a writer, Emyr Humphreys has published more than two dozen novels (many of them prize-winning), as well as several collections of short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0708315658
• ISBN 13: 9780708315651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432