All Roads Lead to Merthyr - Softcover
Featuring new and established authors. All Roads Lead To Merthyr is a collection of fictional short stories, by 17 authors, set during the past and present in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.
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About the Author:
1998 Wales Book of the Year winner, Mike Jenkins, the acclaimed author Leslie Norris, Western Mail columnist, Mario Basini, Merthyr s favourite Anthony Bunko, Jan Caswell, David Edwards, Philip Evans, Phillipa J Evans, Wendy Grey-Lloyd, Ken James, Alan Murphy, Viv Protheroe, Nigel Roberts, Chris Sullivan, Celia G Thomas, Eira Williams and Martyn Williams.
From the Inside Flap:
All roads really do seem to lead to Merthyr, from a punch-drunk boxer to an alien with the face of Norman Wisdom. Each author has written with his or her own unique voice. The focus moves from gritty reality and historical fact to the supernatural and comic surrealism.
These stories reflect a culture that has been built on a history of hardship and empathy, spirituality and pragmatic necessity, revealing a particular sense of humour and temperament, at ease with both tragedy and comedy. The influence of a rich heritage combined with the contemporary impact of globalisation, dot com, speed texting, reality TV, cholesterol multinationals, music television, alco-pops and 24 7 shopping. All roads still lead to Merthyr, with hope for the future. A twenty-first century centre for the south Wales valleys.
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- PublisherMerthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Arts Division
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 095553061X
- ISBN 13 9780955530616
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages255
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