| Adventures in the Skin Trade Contributor(s): Thomas, Dylan (Author) |
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ISBN: 081120202X ISBN-13: 9780811202022 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1969 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 55007367 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.46 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of the poet Dylan Thomas's fiction--and what an extraordinary storyteller he was!--holds special interest because it ranges from the early stories such as The School for Witches and The Burning Baby, with their powerful inheritance of Welsh mythology and wild imagination, to the chapters he completed before his death of the alas unfinished novel Adventures in the Skin Trade. Adventures is the story, written in a shrewd, sly, deadpan vein of picaresque comedy, of young Samuel Bennet, who runs away from his home in Wales to seek his fortune in London. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Dylan: - The reputation of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century has not waned in the fifty years since his death. His work, noted for its lush metaphors, musicality, and playfulness within traditional forms, was largely responsible for modernizing poetic verse. Thomas also wrote captivating short stories, a novella, several screenplays and radio plays, as well as his delightful stage play, Under Milk Wood--all infused with his passion for the English language and his enduring love of Wales. |
