
Advantages of an Older Man
by Gwyneth Lewis
Title:
Advantages of an Older Man
Author:
Gwyneth Lewis
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
100 pages
Publisher:
Poetry Wales Press
ISBN-13:
9781781721902
EAN:
9781781721902
Publication Date:
15/10/2014
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
254
Dimensions (mm):
199 x 130 x 9
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
A light-hearted novella exploring the strange case of a Swansea woman who is apparently possessed by the spirit of Dylan Thomas. Naturally all is not as it seems. The woman meets a rather different Dylan from the one she knows by repute, one who doesn''t really fit in with the ghosts of other poets in heaven and is desperate to train himself to join the fitter shades of the long distance runners instead. Her own life, which has been lonely and sad, is completely transformed by the encounter.Fluent and entertaining the story is written with all the confidence and panache you would expect from the former national poet, also a playwright and award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction. Alongside the humour there is a warmth and pathos, and some pithy observations on poets and poetry and the nature of fame.












