Dannie Abse

Broschiertes Buch

Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve

Beschreibung

Widely acclaimed for its warm humour, lyricism and honesty, as well as its accurate evocation of the 30s, this has become a classic. In this autobiographical novel, Abse interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubled backcloth of the times.

Autor

Dannie Abse was born in Cardiff in 1923. He began his medical studies at the Welsh National School of Medicine and qualified as a doctor from Westminster Hospital, London in 1950. While still a student his first book of poems was published and his first play performed. Further poetry volumes followed over the decades, culminating in his New & Collected Poems (2003) and Running Late (2006). His first novel, Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve appeared in 1954 and his most recent, the Booker long-listed The Strange Case of Dr. Simmonds and Dr. Glas in 2002.

Produktdetails

• Library of Wales
• Verlag: Parthian Books
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 190g
• ISBN-13: 9781913640118
• ISBN-10: 1913640116
• Artikelnr.: 63563109