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Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog and Other Fiction
Dylan Thomas
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Set in the author’s native Swansea in South Wales, the ten autobiographical stories in this much-loved collection chart his journey from boyhood – movingly and at times comically evoked in tales such as ‘The Peaches’ and ‘A Visit to Grandpa’s’ – to early adulthood. Along the way, in ‘Extraordinary Little Cough’, among others, the vicissitudes of adolescence and a burgeoning sexuality are explored with characteristic tenderness and candour, while ‘Where Tawe Flows’ and ‘One Warm Saturday’ affectionately document the evolution of the young writer’s literary sensibility. Young love, male friendship, death, religion – the gamut of youthful experience is here ... Read more
Set in the author’s native Swansea in South Wales, the ten autobiographical stories in this much-loved collection chart his journey from boyhood – movingly and at times comically evoked in tales such as ‘The Peaches’ and ‘A Visit to Grandpa’s’ – to early adulthood. Along the way, in ‘Extraordinary Little Cough’, among others, the vicissitudes of adolescence and a burgeoning sexuality are explored with characteristic tenderness and candour, while ‘Where Tawe Flows’ and ‘One Warm Saturday’ affectionately document the evolution of the young writer’s literary sensibility. Young love, male friendship, death, religion – the gamut of youthful experience is here ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847499158
SKU
9781847499158
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About Dylan Thomas
Noted for his original rhythmic style and inventive use of words and imagery, the Welsh poet dylan thomas (1914–53) is remembered today for a large body of poems – among them ‘And Death Shall Have No Dominion’ and ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’ – a play for voices (Under Milk Wood) and a collection of short stories ... Read more
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