Here is a book deserving of wide attention,and destined, in my
opinion, for an excellent press, but a slow pace of recognition.
There is tremendous emotional power in the chronicle of a Welsh
family, in a mining village which, back in the '80's and the '90's
still flourished, and blossomed, with no slag-heaps to transform
the mountain sides, no poverty stalking hunger through the land.
The plot is no plot at all, in the conventional sense; here is
where it may fail to appeal to popular taste. But in
characterization, in vigorous scenes, in the picture of the
everyday life of the family and the village, in tragic scenes and
in festive ones, the book cuts deep into our hearts. It is a
profoundly moving story, realistic and yet poignantly lyr??. There
is something of the quality of Twenty Years A-Growing. There is a
closeness to the soil - and the people - that suggests Mary Webb.
There is a simplicity that makes it read like a peasant saga, and
yet there is occasional over-playing of the heroic. The story is
told by Huw, looking back from the vantage point of old age to the
days of his youth, as one of a large family, when "green was my
valley" - and his language is still tinged with the almost Biblical
overtones of his people. Don't overlook this book; you can sell it
to customers who will appreciate its rare quality. The publisher's
enthusiasm and backing will start the ball rolling and may bring it
the success it should get. (Kirkus Reviews)
Growing up in a mining community in rural South Wales, Huw Morgan is taught many harsh lessons. Looking back, where difficult days are faced with courage and the valleys swell with the sound of Welsh voices, it becomes clear that there is nowhere so green as the landscape of his own memory.
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