Best of Friends, The (University of Wales Press - Land of the Living) - Softcover
The Best of Friends is the second of seven novels which make up The Land of the Living, a series which is one of the finest achievements of Welsh writing in English.
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A highly acclaimed novelist, Emyr Humphreys has won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Hawthornden Prize, and was awarded the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year in 1999 for his recent novel The Gift of a Daughter.
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“The Best of Friends ‘is that rarity, a serious novel that is also immensely entertaining.” –Birmingham Post
(Birmingham Post)“Mr Humphreys’ keen grasp of period gives the book a solid authenticity.” –Anthony Thwaite, The Observer
(Anthony Thwaite The Observer)“The Best of Friends is . . . part of a sequence which, when completed, will have described the processes of growth, change and decay which have made Wales what it is today. For such a task Mr Humphreys is eminently well qualified.” –Goronwy Rees, The Times Literary Supplement
(Goronwy Rees The Times Literary Supplement)“ . . . one of the finest achievements of Welsh writing in English. Already it is clear that Emyr Humphreys is our greatest living novelist.” –Western Mail
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- PublisherUniversity of Wales Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0708315658
- ISBN 13 9780708315651
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages424
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This novel follows Flesh and Blood in the Amy Parry narrative sequence. Amy and Enid go together to university, where the former takes a leading part in the Nationalist campaign against Anglicization. Later Enid pairs off with John Cilydd More, a young solicitor who is also a poet, and Amy with Val Gwyn, an idealistic student leader. But Val dies of tuberculosis and Amy, in the post university world, falls prey to Pen Lewis, Communist and opportunist; Enid also dies. In this section of the narrative Amy loses her way: the props provided by other people's ideals and visions of society (the Communist one proving to be just another exploitation of women) having been removed she is empty of purpose. This novel follows "Flesh and Blood" in the Amy Parry narrative sequence. Amy and Enid go together to university where the former takes a leading part in the Nationalist campaign against Anglicization. But when Amy's partner Val and Enid both die, Amy's life is empty of purpose. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780708315651
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