Crystal Spirit by Roger Granelli
Personal and political freedom in 1930s Wales is the subject of this moving novel. The central character seeks to escape work as a miner during the Great Depression, and through his involvement in the Labour Movement, he finds himself in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Through battle and subsequent imprisonment, he finds the maturity to eventually return to his poverty-stricken Welsh valley and contribute to its regeneration. This gripping and affecting narrative is persuasive and authentic in its portrayal of the Depression and full of remarkable scenes from the Spanish Civil War. It is a moving testament to those who suffered in Wales and Spain yet remained undefeated by the horrors of poverty and a brutal war. This replaces 1854110608.
Granelli, Roger: - Roger Granelli has published five novels - Crystal Spirit, set in Wales in the 1930s and Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Out Of Nowhere, a tale of murder and jazz in the USA, Dark Edge, which charts the enmity between brothers on opposite sides of the Miners' Strike of the 1980s, Status Zero, which features the rites of passage of Mark Richards, a young man at odds with the world, and Resolution, a subtle and compelling examination of human motives and desires, crossing and re-crossing the lines between love and hate, friendship and passion.Roger has been the recipient of three writing awards from the Welsh Arts Council, was a prize Winner in the 1999 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition, and has had numerous short stories published in literary magazines, some of which have been broadcast on BBC Radio. He is also a professional musician and composer, working in the UK, Europe and America for many years. He is currently teaching music in his home town of Pontypridd.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854113320 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854113321 |
| Title | Crystal Spirit |
| Author | Roger Granelli |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Poetry Wales Press |
| Year published | 2005-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 290 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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