Parthian books (83 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The Library of Wales' Story anthologies feature the very best of Welsh short fiction, written amid the political, social and economic turbulence of twentieth century Wales. Story II depicts a country facing up to a changing society and culture where old certainties no longer hold.|Blodeugerdd o straeon byrion gan lenorion gorau Cymru yn yr iaith Saesneg, yn cynnwys straeon a luniwyd ynghanol cynyrfiadau gwleidyddol, cymdeithasol ac economaidd yr 20fed ganrif. Yn Story II darlunir gwlad a phobl yn wynebu byd o ansicrwydd yn dilyn newidiadau cymdeithasol a diwylliannol. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. A selection of 30 varied short stories by 30 post-1948 Welsh writers, translated from the original Welsh by Meic Stephens, a prolific translator and editor who wishes to bring the works of modern Welsh writers to the attention of a wider audience. First published in 1999.|Detholiad o 30 stori fer amrywiol gan 30 llenor Cymraeg, wedi eu cyfieithu o'r Gymraeg gan Meic Stephens, cyfieithydd a golygydd toreithiog sy'n dymuno dwyn gweithiau llenorion Cymraeg cyfoes i sylw cynulleidfa ehangach. Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1999. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A selection of 30 varied short stories by 30 post-1948 Welsh writers, translated from the original Welsh by Meic Stephens, a prolific translator and editor who wishes to bring the works of modern Welsh writers to the attention of a wider audience. First published in 1999.|Detholiad o 30 stori fer amrywiol gan 30 llenor Cymraeg, wedi eu cyfieithu o'r Gymraeg gan Meic Stephens, cyfieithydd a golygydd toreithiog sy'n dymuno dwyn gweithiau llenorion Cymraeg cyfoes i sylw cynulleidfa ehangach. Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1999. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Moving On bristles with the talent of writers from Zimbabwe. It brings together twenty of Zimbabwe's finest storytellers, from within the country and without. Many of the characters in this anthology are themselves moving on: from the chains of the past, from the loss of loved ones, from long-held beliefs. Some from life itself and others to a brighter future.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The exploits of the people's heroes from Gould to Gareth Edwards are vividly recaptured in some classic prose. So too are the expectations and emotions of the most passionate followers in the world in this selection of world-beating writing on Welsh rugby: The First XV.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The exploits of the people's heroes from Gould to Gareth Edwards are vividly recaptured in some classic prose. So too are the expectations and emotions of the most passionate followers in the world in this selection of world-beating writing on Welsh rugby: The First XV.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Moving On bristles with the talent of writers from Zimbabwe. It brings together twenty of Zimbabwe's finest storytellers, from within the country and without. Many of the characters in this anthology are themselves moving on: from the chains of the past, from the loss of loved ones, from long-held beliefs. Some from life itself and others to a brighter future.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Meet the prostitute who gets the better of her brothers when they try to marry her off, the wife who is absolved of adultery, the hero who drowns in a bowser of cheap beer, the poetry slammer who doesn't get to perform his final poem, and many more.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Meet the prostitute who gets the better of her brothers when they try to marry her off, the wife who is absolved of adultery, the hero who drowns in a bowser of cheap beer, the poetry slammer who doesn't get to perform his final poem, and many more.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The history of Wales as a destination and confection of English Romantic writers is well-known, but this book reverses the process, turning a Welsh gaze on the rest of the world. This shift is timely: the severing of Britain from the European Union asks questions of Wales about its relationship to its own past, to the British state, to Europe and beyond.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The history of Wales as a destination and confection of English Romantic writers is well-known, but this book reverses the process, turning a Welsh gaze on the rest of the world. This shift is timely: the severing of Britain from the European Union asks questions of Wales about its relationship to its own past, to the British state, to Europe and beyond.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. A selection of 30 varied short stories by 30 post-1948 Welsh writers, translated from the original Welsh by Meic Stephens, a prolific translator and editor who wishes to bring the works of modern Welsh writers to the attention of a wider audience. First published in 1999.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This collection includes poetry by Benediktas Janusevicius, Antanas A. Jonynas, Giedre Kazlauskaite, Indrek Hirv, Helena Laks, Mats Traat, Kai Aareleid, and others. It will be launched at the Parthian poetry festival at the Wheatsheaf and the London Book Fair 2018 (focus region: Baltics).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Memorable Firsts, the second Nu anthology, contains something for everyone-poetry, short stories, micro-fiction, and non fiction. This edition provides a platform for the most promising up-and-coming Welsh and Wales-based writers, including one of Parthian's 'Bright Young Things' authors and some of the best performance poets in the country. The title piece sets the tone for Nu2 perfectly, as these are the memorable first pieces of a new generation of authors.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Sport is one of our consuming passions, and its literature is rich and extensive. This original and enjoyable anthology brings together for the very first time the finest writing on Welsh sport by some of our most acclaimed authors - novelists, short-story writers, journalists, historians and poets. Its wide-ranging selection of fiction, non-fiction and verse reminds us that sport, like literature, is not only about itself but also about life, and sometimes death, and the human meaning of both.Featuring writing by Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, Dannie Abse, Richard Llewellyn, Carolyn Hitt, Leslie Thomas, Sheenagh Pugh, Alexander Cordell, Lewis Davies, Max Boyce, John Arlott, Eddie Butler, John Toshack, Rupert Moon, Gerald Davies and many more. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. Cheval 8 presents a selection of the writing submitted by the talented young entrants to this year's Terry Hetherington Award, and includes new work by previous winners. Some of these writers are appearing in print for the first time; others have already begun to make their mark on the literary scene.The Terry Hetherington Award aims to encourage and promote young and emerging writers. The respected former Welsh poet, short story writer and Academi Member Terry Hetherington passed away in 2007. The bursary was first awarded in 2008. A charitable trust, it is funded by the Neath Poets and Pints night, and recently qualified for a Lottery grant. Profits from the sale of the anthology will help to fund the following year's award.Features stories and poems from Tyler Keevil, Katherine Stansfield, Mao Oliver-Semenov, Georgia Carys Williams and Jonathan Edwards, among others.'A fitting tribute to the memory of radical Welsh poet Terry Hetherington gives young writers in Wales a wonderful opportunity for recognition.' --Mike Jenkins.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Sport is one of our consuming passions, and its literature is rich and extensive. This original and enjoyable anthology brings together for the very first time the finest writing on Welsh sport by some of our most acclaimed authors - novelists, short-story writers, journalists, historians and poets. Its wide-ranging selection of fiction, non-fiction and verse reminds us that sport, like literature, is not only about itself but also about life, and sometimes death, and the human meaning of both.Featuring writing by Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, Dannie Abse, Richard Llewellyn, Carolyn Hitt, Leslie Thomas, Sheenagh Pugh, Alexander Cordell, Lewis Davies, Max Boyce, John Arlott, Eddie Butler, John Toshack, Rupert Moon, Gerald Davies and many more. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. A volume of two new thought-provoking plays by contemporary dramatists, namely 'Inside Out' by Lesley Ross and 'Sex and Power at the Beau Rivage', Lewis Davies; including an introduction by Chris Morgan.

Paperback. Condizione: New. An entertaining collection of seven dramatic monologues exhibiting the exhilarating diversity of the female theatrical voice in Wales as seen in the works of five contemporary women playwrights and actresses - Lucinda Coxon, Gwenno Dafydd, Lucy Gough, Sharon Morgan and Christine Watkins. First published in December 2000.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. A collection of three dramas: Paul Robeson Knew My Father (Greg Cullen), Dreaming Amelia (Sharon Morgan), and Spinning The Round Table (Lewis Davies in collaboration with Chris Morgan). Edited by Val Hill.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Library of Wales' Story anthologies feature the very best of Welsh short fiction, written amid the political, social and economic turbulence of twentieth century Wales and beyond. More than eighty outstanding works from the classics of Dylan Thomas, Rhys Davies, Arthur Machen and Gwyn Thomas to the almost forgotten brilliance of work by Margiad Evans and Dilys Rowe and then forward to the prize-winning work of Emyr Humphreys, Rachel Trezise and Leonora Brito, colouring and engaging in the life of a changed country.More than eighty outstanding works from the classics of Dylan Thomas, Rhys Davies, Arthur Machen and Gwyn Thomas to the almost forgotten brilliance of work by Margiad Evans and Dilys Rowe and then forward to the prize-winning work of Emyr Humphreys, Rachel Trezise and Leonora Brito, colouring and engaging in the life of a changed country.Story I depicts a Wales wracked by a driving capitalism, shriven by hypocrisy and soon devastated by two world wars; but still creative, resilient and sometimes laughing uproariously. The writers produced stories to entertain, engage and share in the intimate lives of a distinctive people.In this selection Dai Smith has crafted an anthology that gives a unique insight into the life of a country and the talent of its major writers. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Library of Wales' Story anthologies feature the very best of Welsh short fiction, written amid the political, social and economic turbulence of twentieth century Wales and beyond. Story I depicts a country torn by capitalism and hypocrisy, yet remaining resilient and creative. The Library of Wales' Story anthologies feature the very best of Welsh short fiction, written amid the political, social and economic turbulence of twentieth century Wales and beyond. Story I depicts a country torn by capitalism and hypocrisy, yet remaining resilient and creative. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…