One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard
A long-awaited new edition of this 20th century masterpiece
An esoteric masterpiece-- Jan Morris
Heart-wrenching. A classic to be read and reread. * * Daily Telegraph * *
One of the oddest, most elusive, most haunting novels ever. -- Niall Griffiths
A remarkable book that recalls Under Milk Wood. * * Times Literary Supplement * *
One of the great lost voices of Welsh literature. For its portrayal of a vanished way of life, and for its evocation of the tearless sadness of insanity, this strange, melancholy book deserves to be widely read. * * Observer * *
A very moving, often funny account of childhood. * * Spectator * *
Lyrical and visceral, comic and tragic, compellingly earthy and maddeningly gothic - after 40 years this literary oddity continues to elude classification. * * Observer * *
Challenging, compressed and utterly compelling. * * Guardian * *
Premonitions of insanity and the mercurial personality of its narrator give the story a hallucinatory, ambiguous edge. * * Herald * *
Heart-wrenching. A classic to be read and reread. * * Daily Telegraph * *
One of the oddest, most elusive, most haunting novels ever. -- Niall Griffiths
A remarkable book that recalls Under Milk Wood. * * Times Literary Supplement * *
One of the great lost voices of Welsh literature. For its portrayal of a vanished way of life, and for its evocation of the tearless sadness of insanity, this strange, melancholy book deserves to be widely read. * * Observer * *
A very moving, often funny account of childhood. * * Spectator * *
Lyrical and visceral, comic and tragic, compellingly earthy and maddeningly gothic - after 40 years this literary oddity continues to elude classification. * * Observer * *
Challenging, compressed and utterly compelling. * * Guardian * *
Premonitions of insanity and the mercurial personality of its narrator give the story a hallucinatory, ambiguous edge. * * Herald * *
CARADOG PRICHARD (1904-80) was born in the slate-quarrying town of Bethesda, in north-west Wales. He moved to London, and after the Second World War became a sub-editor on the foreign desk at the Daily Telegraph. During this time he wrote four prize-winning odes and this exceptional novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847671073 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847671071 |
| Title | One Moonlit Night |
| Author | Caradog Prichard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2009-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Wales Arts Review's Greatest Welsh Novel 2014 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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