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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

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The 'Young Dog' of the title is of course Thomas himself, and this volume of autobiographical stories by the great modern poet, who shows his waggish humor at its best, his exuberance and verbal magic in spectacular display. It also shows him a spinner of tales and a creator of memorable characters.
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judithmThomas, April 27, 2006 (view all comments by judithmThomas)
So sad that in its day not much was said particulary not by the Welsh or at least the welsh input was if anything only negative or at its best a matter of ignoring. Now I see his texts are used by linguists as examples of the English grammar used to produce effective imagery. An irony? - Oh I think so!!!
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ISBN:
9780811202077
Author:
Thomas, Dylan
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Subject:
Thomas, dylan, 1914-1953
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Authors, welsh
Subject:
Authors, Welsh -- 20th century -- Biography.
Copyright:
c194
Edition Number:
Reset ed.
Series Volume:
186
Publication Date:
January 1975
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
120 p.
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7.88x5.24x.36 in. .33 lbs.
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