Library of Wales: Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve
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Library of Wales: Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve by Dannie Abse
The ninth title in the landmark series of classics, the Library of Wales. An autobiographical novel which interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubled backcloth of the thirties - unemployment and the rise of Hitler and Mussolini etc. the story is told with warm humour, lyricism and honesty. Reprint; published in 2006. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
'Funny, moving and idiosyncratic' The New Statesman
Dannie Abse was born in Cardiff in 1923. While still a student his first book of poems was published and his first play performed. Further poetry volumes followed over the decades, culminating in his New & Collected Poems(2003) and Running Late(2006). His first novel, Ash on a Young Man's Sleeveappeared in 1954 and his most recent, the Booker long-listed The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds and Dr Glasin 2002. His three prize-winning plays were collected in The View from Row G (1990) and his autobiography, Goodbye, Twentieth Century, was published in 2001. He is president of the Welsh Academi and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781905762255 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905762259 |
| Title | Library of Wales: Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve |
| Author | Dannie Abse |
| Series | Library Of Wales Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Parthian Books |
| Year published | 2006-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 210 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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