Dai Country (Library of Wales): No. 23 - Softcover

Alun Richards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906998159 ISBN 13: 9781906998158

Publisher: Parthian Books, 2009

Synopsis

At the heart of Dai Country - the central valleys of twentieth-century South Wales from the 1930s to the 1970s - was the metropolis of Pontypridd, and it is from this vantage point in time and space that Alun Richards cast his baleful eye on the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of this much-fabled country. In this compendium volume, the best of his short stories, as funny and savage as they are scathing and compassionate, are combined with his entrancing autobiographical memoir "Days of Absence" to take us to the core of those incomparable valleys, with their lived experience stripped bare for once of their usual cloak of cliche and sentiment.

About this title

Product Description:

Alun Richards casts his baleful eye on the central valleys of twentieth-century South Wales from the 1930s to the 1970s, the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of this much-fabled country. Includes the best of his short stories, as funny and savage as they are scathing and compassionate, combined with his entrancing autobiographical memoir Days of Absence.

Review:

'Raises questions about the complex plurality of modern Wales which still command serious attention.' --The New Companion to the Literature of Wales (1998)

About this edition

• Publisher: Parthian Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906998159
• ISBN 13: 9781906998158
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230