The Green Hollow by Owen Sheers

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Summary

In 1966 a coal slag heap collapsed on a school in south Wales, killing 144 people, most of them children. Perhaps most significantly: what is Aberfan like today?

The Green Hollow is a historical story with a deeply urgent contemporary resonance;

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The Green Hollow by Owen Sheers

The extraordinary memorial to the 1966 Aberfan disaster for its 50th anniversary - the collective story as it has never been told.
Owen Sheers is a poet, author and playwright. His first novel, Resistance, was translated into ten languages and adapted into a film. The Dust Diaries, his Zimbabwean non-fiction narrative, won the Welsh Book of the Year. His awards for poetry and drama include the Somerset Maugham Award for Skirrid Hill, The Hay Festival Poetry Medal and the Welsh Book of the Year for Pink Mist and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for his play The Two Worlds of Charlie F. He is Professor in Creativity at Swansea University and lives in Wales with his wife and children. His second novel, I Saw A Man, was published by Faber & Faber in June 2015.
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ISBN 13 9780571339082
ISBN 10 0571339085
Title The Green Hollow
Author Owen Sheers
Series Faber Drama Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2019-04-04
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.