
The Crossing
Dai Smith(Author)
Parthian Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-912681-81-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Crossing bridges the past and the present and
connects Wales with America, as it tells of coal owners
and coal workers in the age of great transatlantic liners
and fortunes to be made.
At its heart is a father's search for his daughter in
Welsh valleys no longer proud, where creaming off
regeneration grants has replaced coal mining as a
way of life and development parks now stand where
once did pit head wheels. It follows a lifetime's search
for lost love, the sinking of a great ship in a great war,
misplaced family and forlorn hopes where individual
lives are shaped and fated in the shadow of modernity
and the cold hand of progress.
This brave, bold and challenging work conjures a vivid
cast of characters into being and offering - with ready
vim and ample vigour - their compelling, complex and
ultimately telling story.
connects Wales with America, as it tells of coal owners
and coal workers in the age of great transatlantic liners
and fortunes to be made.
At its heart is a father's search for his daughter in
Welsh valleys no longer proud, where creaming off
regeneration grants has replaced coal mining as a
way of life and development parks now stand where
once did pit head wheels. It follows a lifetime's search
for lost love, the sinking of a great ship in a great war,
misplaced family and forlorn hopes where individual
lives are shaped and fated in the shadow of modernity
and the cold hand of progress.
This brave, bold and challenging work conjures a vivid
cast of characters into being and offering - with ready
vim and ample vigour - their compelling, complex and
ultimately telling story.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912681-81-5 (9781912681815)
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Person
Dai Smith was born in the Rhondda in 1945. His
writing has encompassed history, biography, essays
and criticism. He was the Series Editor of the Library
of Wales and Chair of the Arts Council Wales and was
made a CBE for services to arts and culture in Wales
in 2016. He currently edits the Modern Wales Series
and is Chair of the Dylan Thomas Prize. With The
Crossing, Dai Smith has built upon and completed his
trilogy of fictional work, Dream On, What I Know I
Cannot Say and What Lies Beneath.
writing has encompassed history, biography, essays
and criticism. He was the Series Editor of the Library
of Wales and Chair of the Arts Council Wales and was
made a CBE for services to arts and culture in Wales
in 2016. He currently edits the Modern Wales Series
and is Chair of the Dylan Thomas Prize. With The
Crossing, Dai Smith has built upon and completed his
trilogy of fictional work, Dream On, What I Know I
Cannot Say and What Lies Beneath.