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Description for In the Green Tree
Paperback. Through his letters home and six short stories, Alun Lewis paints a vibrant picture of life in India as a British serviceman during World War II. Intimate, vivid, observational, and always filled with emotion, this is a rare literary example of one Welshman's experience of empire and war. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 201 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine in cloth covers. Lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing minor shelfwear, sunned to spine, otherwise a nice copy
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Library of Wales
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902638874
SKU
KSG0010277
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Alun Lewis
Alun Lewis (1915-1944) was one of the generation of writers born in the first two decades of the twentieth century who contributed significantly to Welsh literature through the medium of English. His first volume, Raiders' Dawn and Other Poems,was followed by The Last Inspection [and other stories]in 1943. A second volume of poems, Prepared in India, appeared ... Read more
Reviews for In the Green Tree
'The stories are ssured, mature and resonant. They reveal a writer with a natural ear for speech and a skilled handling of pace... [L]isten to Lewis's voice, to the voices of his fiction, and then listen to the unspoken dialogue between his letters and his stories, made possible by their leaning against each other in this book.' ... Read more