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Title: THE HEYDAY IN THE BLOOD
By: Geraint Goodwin, Dai Smith (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1905762836
ISBN 13: 9781905762835
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Publisher: PARTHIAN BOOKS
Pub. date: 24 October, 2008
Series: Library of Wales No. 19
Pages: 266
Description: Beti, the beautiful daughter of a pub landlord, is pursued by two men: Llew, her aggressive, red-haired cousin, and Evan, the miller and would-be poet. She has to make a choice but it's not her future alone that depends on her decision. She and Tanygraig are positioned precariously on borders of class, nation, language, and changing times.
Synopsis: The village of Tanygraig on the Welsh-English border is the setting for this passionate novel of love and its consequences. Beti, the beautiful and wilful daughter of a pub landlord, is pursued by two men: Llew, her aggressive, red-haired cousin, and Evan, the dreamy miller and would-be poet. She has to make a choice but it's not her future alone that depends on her decision. She and Tanygraig are positioned precariously on borders of class, nation, language, and changing times. In this enduring novel by Geraint Goodwin, first published in 1936, Wales is associated with tradition and stability, England connotes modernity and movement. Beti is conscious of living at a temporal border: "The old way of things was ending; she had come at the end of one age and the beginning of another. Wales would be the last to go - but it was going..."
Illustrations: ill
Publication: UK
Imprint: Parthian Books
Returns: Returnable
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