Bonds of Attachment: Land of the Living 7
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Bonds of Attachment: Land of the Living 7
By (Author) Emyr Humphreys
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
26th June 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
458g
Description
There are, of course, bonds of attachment underlying all the novels in the 'Land of the Living' sequence. In this final volume, they bind together the voices of the dead poet, John Cilydd More, and his youngest son Peredur in a twin-track narrative. Their words reflect the splendours and the miseries of a century of wars and relentless progress. Peredur defies both his mother's hostility and his two brothers' lack of concern to seek out the truth of his father's death and to take part in a protest against the 1969 Investiture that goes violently wrong. Only at the very end when the central figure of the series herself, Amy Parry, is facing death does there seem hope of reconciliation.
Reviews
'The supreme interpreter of Welsh life in English.' R. S. Thomas
Author Bio
Emyr Humphreys is one of the foremost Anglo-Welsh novelists in Wales. The author of 21 novels, one of which won the Somerset Maugham Award and another, The Toy Epic, now an A-Level set text.
