A Child's Christmas in Wales

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Dylan Thomas
$11.95
Publication Date: September 6th, 2022
Publisher:
New Directions
ISBN:
9780811231879
Pages:
48
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Description

The classic Christmas tale, with beautiful new illustrations

This gem of lyric prose has enchanted both young and old for over half a century and is now a modern classic. Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century, captures a child’s-eye view and an adult’s fond memories of a magical time of presents, aunts and uncles, the frozen sea, and in the best of circumstances, newly fallen snow.

About the Author

Dylan Thomas, born in Swansea in 1914, is perhaps Wales’ best-known writer, widely considered to be one of the major poets of the 20th century: many of his greatest poems, such as “Fern Hill” and ”’Do not go gentle into that good night”’ are beloved and widely studied. As well as poetry, Dylan Thomas wrote numerous short stories and scripts for film and radio–none more popular than his radio play Under Milk Wood. He led a fascinating and tempestuous life, which ended all too soon in 1953 when he collapsed and died in New York City shortly after his 39th birthday. 

Praise for A Child's Christmas in Wales

A merrier and more pungent celebration of the season for family reading aloud has not been written in our time.
— The Nation

Enchanting.
— Chicago Tribune

Surely this Christmas story ranks among the great experiences of the language.
— Harper’s Magazine

The language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance.
— The New York Times