The Meat Tree by Gwyneth Lewis
An absorbing retelling of the Blodeuwedd Mabinogion myth, this is a dangerous tale of desire, DNA, and incest within the wreckage of an ancient spaceship. An elderly investigator and his female apprentice hope to extract the fate of the ship s crew from its antiquated virtual reality game system, but their empirical approach falters as the story tangles with their own imagination. By imposing a distance of another 200 years and millions of light years between the reader and the medieval myth, this tale of a woman made of flowers is made relevant in the distance future.
In 2005, Gwyneth Lewis was named Wales' first National Poet. She has six collections of poems, both in Welsh and English, as well as four libretti for the Welsh National Opera. She is a NESTA Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a member of the Welsh Academy. She was a Harkness Fellow for three years in the United States.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854115232 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854115235 |
| Title | The Meat Tree |
| Author | Gwyneth Lewis |
| Series | New Stories From The Mabinogion Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Poetry Wales Press |
| Year published | 2010-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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