Morlais - Rilegato

Lewis, Alun

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ISBN 10: 1781722803 ISBN 13: 9781781722800

Casa editrice: Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd, 2015

Riassunto

Morlais is Alun Lewis’s unpublished novel from the late 1930s. The Lawrentian story of a young boy growing up in the poverty stricken industrial valleys of south Wales, it is also reflects Lewis’ own experiences, particularly his search for self knowledge and his conviction that he would be a writer. Miner’s son Morlais Jenkins is already being educated away from his background at grammar school when he is adopted, on the death of her own son, by the wife of the local local colliery owner. Morlais’ parents recognize the opportunity for their son to make a better future, but they must all pay a great price. Stifled by middle class life, his adoptive mother recognizes that Morlais will be a poet and encourages him to be neither working class or middle class, but true to his talent. Full of vivid descriptive passages of life in the fictional mining valley, and centred on the conflicted character of Morlais and the decisions he faces over his two families, his two social backgrounds, and his desire to be a poet, the novel is an enthralling journey through the life of a young boy becoming a young man. Alun Lewis (1915-1944) was the outstanding writer of World War II andMorlais, written in his mid twenties, is an early indication of the talented writer he would become just five years later.

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L'autore:

Alun Lewis (1915-1944) was born and brought up near Aberdare. He transferred to the South Wales Borderers and eventually travelled to the war in India and Burma, where he died on active service in March 1944.Raiders’ Dawn, a collection of poems, appeared in 1942, and early in 1943 The Last Inspection, a book of stories was published. A second poetry collection, Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets was published in 1945 and his Indian stories, with some letters, appeared inIn the Green Tree. His Letters to My Wife was published in 1989, a Collected Stories in 1991, and a Collected Poems in 1994. John Pikoulis was a Senior Tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, Cardiff University. His books include a critical study of William Faulkner and a biography of Alun Lewis. He was for many years the Joint Chair of Academi, the Welsh writers’ organization.

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• Editore: Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1781722803
• ISBN 13: 9781781722800
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 263