Library of Wales: Dai Country by Alun Richards

Library of Wales: Dai Country by Alun Richards

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Summary

At the heart of Dai Country - the central valleys of twentieth-century south Wales from the 1930s to the 1970s - was the metropolis of Pontypridd, and it is from this vantage point in time and space that Alun Richards cast his baleful eye on the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of this much-fabled country. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

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Library of Wales: Dai Country by Alun Richards

Cast a baleful eye on the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of Dai Country. In this volume, the best of the author's short stories are combined with his autobiographical memoir Days of Absence to take us to the core of those incomparable valleys, with their lived experience stripped bare of cliche and sentiment.
"The fiction establishes him as the supreme chronicler of (post-war) South Wales valley life.. and his fascinating account of his upbringing in English-speaking Pontypridd... raises questions about the complex plurality of modern Wales which still command serious attention." The New Companion to the Literature of Wales (1998)
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ISBN 13 9781906998158
ISBN 10 1906998159
Title Library of Wales: Dai Country
Author Alun Richards
Series Library Of Wales Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Parthian Books
Year published 2009-08-26
Number of pages 346
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.