ADVANTAGES OF AN OLDER MAN

LEWIS,GWYNETH

ISBN 10: 1781721904 / ISBN 13: 9781781721902

Published by Seren

Seller Inventory # NWUS9781781721902

Synopsis:

A light-hearted novella exploring the strange case of a Swansea woman who is apparently possessed by the spirit of Dylan Thomas. Naturally all is not as it seems. The woman, who works in the Dylan Thomas Centre, meets a rather different Dylan from the one she knows by repute, one who doesn t really fit in with the ghosts of other poets in heaven and is desperate to train himself to join the fitter shades of the long distance runners instead. Her own life, which has been lonely and sad, is completely transformed by the encounter.

Fluent and entertaining the story is written with all the confidence and panache you would expect from the former national poet, also a playwright and award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction. Alongside the humour there is a warmth and pathos, and some pithy observations on poets and poetry and the nature of fame.

About the Author: Gwyneth Lewis was appointed Wales first National Poet for 2005-06, and was responsible for composing the six-foot-high words on the front of the Wales Millennium Centre. Her books include Chaotic Angels, Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression and Two in a Boat: A Marital Voyage. Gwyneth is a member of Academi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University and has been a Fellow at Harvard in the US.

Bibliographic Details

Title: ADVANTAGES OF AN OLDER MAN
Publisher: Seren
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: NEW