Dylan Palmer
A tale that hits to the heart of so many poignant issues that we still struggle with even to this day, however, what Roberts has done here is pinpointed a certain uniqueness in it's time and place to create a story that is rich and relevant.
Roberts uses her native surroundings to give a story that is entirely Welsh. As I was reading it I could hear and feel the textures and layers that she added and the time stretched story structure shows the Welsh world changing and warping to the brave new world that the 20th century would become.
That feeling of being utterly and uniquely Welsh shares many a common trait with 'One Moonlit Night' by Caradog Prichard in terms of it's placing and it's narrative but also with other writers such as Dylan Thomas for it's lyrical bounce.
If you've never read any Welsh literature before give it a go, there'll be plenty of names and words you might see for the first time but you're eyes will be opened up to a whole new part of our old world.
A tale that hits to the heart of so many poignant issues that we still struggle with even to this day, however, what Roberts has done here is pinpointed a certain uniqueness in it's time and place to create a story that is rich and relevant.
Roberts uses her native surroundings to give a story that is entirely Welsh. As I was reading it I could hear and feel the textures and layers that she added and the time stretched story structure shows the Welsh world changing and warping to the brave new world that the 20th century would become.
That feeling of being utterly and uniquely Welsh shares many a common trait with 'One Moonlit Night' by Caradog Prichard in terms of it's placing and it's narrative but also with other writers such as Dylan Thomas for it's lyrical bounce.
If you've never read any Welsh literature before give it a go, there'll be plenty of names and words you might see for the first time but you're eyes will be opened up to a whole new part of our old world.