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Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve (Library of Wales) (Library of Wales)
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Product Description
Widely acclaimed for its warm humour, lyricism and honesty, as well as its accurate evocation of the thirties, Ash on a Young Mans Sleeve has become a sought-after classic. In this delightful autobiographical novel, Dannie Abse skilfully interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubled backcloth of the times- unemployment, the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, and the Spanish Civil War.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #191707 in Books
- Published on: 2006-10-27
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 234 pages
Editorial Reviews
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Funny, moving and idiosyncratic The New Statesman --The New Statesman
A loving, accurate and funny book Financial Times --Financial Times
"Written from the heart and many will respond to it." The Spectator --The Spectator
About the Author
Dannie Abse was born in Cardiff in 1923. He began his medical studies at the Welsh National School of Medicine and qualified as a doctor from Westminster Hospital, London in 1950. While still a student his first book of poems was published and his first play performed. Further poetry volumes followed over the decades, culminating in his New & Collected Poems (2003) and Running Late (2006). His first novel, Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve, appeared in 1954 and his most recent, the Booker long-listed The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds and Dr Glas in 2002. his three prize-winning plays were collected in The View From Row G (1990) and his autobiography, Goodbye Twentieth Century, was published in 2001. He is president of the Welsh Academi and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Customer Reviews
Bittersweet feel good fun
Along with The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi this is essential reading for everyone with Welsh connections.
This book made me want to be Welsh.
A fabulous tale of a young boy's passage through childhood painted against Cardiff in the grip of the second world war. It's as funny as it is poignant and will leave you with a warm sepia afterglow. It's a crime that Dannie Abse is relatively unkown, even in Wales, as he's a fantastic poet. Anyway enough guff, buy the book, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll probably wish you were Welsh, I did.
Excellent
This book is essential reading for every Welsh man and woman
