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With Dust Still in His Throat - The Writing of B. L. Coombes, the Voice of a Working Miner (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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With Dust Still in His Throat - The Writing of B. L. Coombes, the Voice of a Working Miner (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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Loot Price R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
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'The real history of the mines ought to be written by a man still
at work underground. The dust should still be in his throat as he
was writing-it seemed to me-then it would be authentic. Despite my
searching, I knew of no man who answered this description.' At the
end of a detailed, seemingly dispassionate, description of a shift
underground, Bert Coombes felt compelled to tell his readers why he
had become a writer. Expressed here in characteristic style, with
direct prose and use of everyday language and imagery, his
convictions and fundamental purpose in writing remained guiding
principles throughout his life and literary career. His work
received widespread praise from critics such as J. B. Priestley and
Cyril Connolly for its accessibility, authenticity and humanity.
This anthology represents four types of writing - all published
here for the first time: autobiography; the short story; the novel;
and the diary. His clear and unsentimental eye allowed Coombes to
observe the regular pattern and rhythm of life and to appreciate
the way in which on any day there would have to be a consideration
of matters relating to work, to politics, to domestic and personal
issues, to the weather and world of nature, and to enriching
diversions such his beloved violin. His vision is essentially one
of balance and normality and through it we begin to understand how
this society survived, how its citizens were not the stage army of
historians, but real men and women.
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