| Author: | Dannie Abse | ISBN: | 9781908946577 |
| Publisher: | Parthian Books | Publication: | October 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Parthian Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dannie Abse |
| ISBN: | 9781908946577 |
| Publisher: | Parthian Books |
| Publication: | October 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Parthian Books |
| Language: | English |
Widely acclaimed for its warm humor, lyricism, and honesty, this accurate evocation of the 1930s has become a classic. In this delightful autobiographical novel, Dannie Abse skilfully interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubled backdrop of the times: unemployment, the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, and the Spanish Civil War.
Widely acclaimed for its warm humor, lyricism, and honesty, this accurate evocation of the 1930s has become a classic. In this delightful autobiographical novel, Dannie Abse skilfully interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubled backdrop of the times: unemployment, the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, and the Spanish Civil War.
