A Child's Christmas in Wales - Softcover
A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas with his family and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.
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Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote film scripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milk Wood, the radio play. During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where a simple wooden cross marks his grave. In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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- PublisherNew Directions
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0811213099
- ISBN 13 9780811213097
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages64
- IllustratorEichenberg Fritz
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Eichenberg, Fritz (illustrator). First Edition. ReviewA finer work of art-more human, more perspicacious, more touching, more wise than Dickens's A Christmas Carol, it should become as much a tradition of Christmas as the wreath on the door and the tree in the window. -- The ArgusAn unforgettable experience. Surely this ranks among the great experiences of the language. -- Harper'sHere are the uncles 'trying our their new cigars, holding them our judiciously at arms' length, returning them to their mouths, coughing, then holding them out again as if waiting for the explosion.' Here, too, Mr. And Mrs. Prothero and the aunts and the horrible-whiskered cats. -- The Providence Journal-Bulletin, Carol McCabe, on the Fritz Eichenberg illustrations in the New Directions editionThe language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance. -- The New York TimesThere are few books more worth the price. -- The Sacramento Bee, on the New Directions editionTop on my list is Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales, a wonderfully poetic evocation of the Christmases of Thomas's youth. I read it to every college English class I ever taught, just before the holiday break. Former students tell me that they liked it so much they continue to read it to their families. -- Dave Wood, Minenapolis Star Tribune[New Directions's edition is] a worthy match of art and story, sure to become a favorite edition each holiday season. -- Booklist, Starred ReviewProduct DescriptionA Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas with his family and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.From The New YorkerThe texture of the engravings has an almost tactile vibrancy.About the AuthorDylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote film scripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milk Wood, the radio play. During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where a simple wooden cross marks his grave. In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his. Seller Inventory # DADAX0811213099
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