A Welsh Childhood - Softcover

Ellis, Alice Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559212837 ISBN 13: 9781559212830

Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

For Alice Thomas Ellis, Wales was a magical place of unrestricted freedom and exploration. Through her recollections, the acclaimed novelist evokes the stark beauty of the Welsh landscape along with its history, legends, and people. Patrick Sutherland's 90 black-and-white images complement the text and make this shared journey even more compelling.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

To Alice Thomas Ellis, the North Wales of her childhood is still home. This idiosyncratic account of her life there effortlessly conjures up the spirit of the land; its saints, princes and ghosts, its fierce godliness and gleeful lack of scruples. Haunting legends, hilarious anecdotes, and memories - fractured by time and change and recounted in her unmistakable voice - make A Welsh Childhood both touching and amusing. Patrick Sutherland has captured every mood in his exquisitely sensitive photographs: the hills, groves and meadows; the cottages, hill farms and seaside towns; the people as they work and play and the land, majestic in its solitude and austere in its beauty.

About the Author:

Dizhur was a member of the Sverdlovsk branch of the U.S.S.R. Writers Union, and won national awards. But she was denounced for much of her poetry and lived seven years in Yurmala as a refusnik, a person denied an exit visa. She was finally allowed to emigrate to the U.S. in 1987, at the age of 84.

About this edition

• Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1559212837
• ISBN 13: 9781559212830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186