The reputation of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century has not waned in the fifty years since his death. His work, noted for its lush metaphors, musicality, and playfulness within traditional forms, was largely responsible for modernizing poetic verse. Thomas also wrote captivating short stories, a novella, several screenplays and radio plays, as well as his delightful stage play, Under Milk Woodall infused with his passion for the English language and his enduring love of Wales.
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Hardcover
(1st U.S. ed)
$16.95
- ISBN-13: 9780879233396
- Publisher: Godine, David R. Publishers, Inc.
- Publication date: 12/28/2014
- Series: Miniature Editions Series
- Edition description: 1st U.S. ed
- Pages: 48
- Product dimensions: 9.60(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.42(d)
- Age Range: 8 - 11 Years
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For almost half a century, Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales has entranced both young and old and has become a familiar part of the holiday-season landscape. With lovely poetic lilt, this simple tale captures the child's eye-view and an adult's warm remembrance of the time of presents, good things to eat, and, in the best of circumstances, newly-fallen snow.
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New York Times
There is so much music in his voice that it carries the listener along, enchanted by the sound of the words and the rich imagery.
Saturday Review
He reads his verse and his prose with such melodious power, with such subtly and ardently projected rhythms, that ones feels that, good as it is, his poetry on the printed page is dull in comparison.
Harper's Magazine
The long, poetic, autobiographical A Child's Christmas in Wales is, to use a cliche in its exact sense, an unforgettable experience in the listening: surely this Christmas story ranks (in its spoken form, at least) among the great expressions of the language..
Publishers Weekly
Poet Thomas's beloved remembrance of his childhood holidays marks its 50th anniversary with a slate of jazzy new mixed-media paintings. Shaking things up for traditionalists, Raschka delivers an interpretation via stylized images about as far from typical cold, snowy Wales as one can get. Using a consistently sturdy black line the artist emphasizes warm family scenes with golden hues and some rich, spicy color. He renders outdoor settings-yes, the seaside and snow are still here-in appropriately cool, icy blue tones. Evocative of Thomas's era in its own way, Raschka reimagines the classic for a new audience. All ages. (Oct.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Thomas's Christmas classic takes a back seat only to Dickens's story about the old tightwad who learns the error of his ways overnight. This charming edition is roughly 5.25" square and features a number of woodcut illustrations by Ellen Raskin. This beauty would be perfect to include in a display for the holidays (they'll be here before you know it). Buy a bunch of them. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
America
The perfect way to revisit the youthful excitement of Christmas, but with an appreciation that comes only with maturity.The New York Times
The language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance.The Argus
Should become as much a tradition of Christmas as the wreath on the door and the tree in the window.The Bloomsbury Review
If you'd rather not gather your holiday eve around the TV, then build a fire and try a new tradition fixed back in Wales.... How he laced so many lines with perfect imagery is beyond me...this book is a holiday pearl.Baltimore Evening Sun
This is a story to stir one's own emotions, with recollections perhaps untapped since childhood.The Providence Journal-Bulletin
Try it for a break from violent robots.The Advocate
Modestly priced, this little book is destined to appear in many mailboxes in place of the usual Christmas card.Episcopal Life
After reading Thomas's stories, readers may be reminiscing over their memories of Christmases long gone, but still remembered.President - Jimmy Carter
This beautifully illustrated A Child's Christmas in Wales should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children.From the Publisher
"This beautifully illustrated A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children." —- President Jimmy Carter — A New York Times Bestseller"This beautifully illustrated A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children." — President Jimmy Carter — President Jimmy Carter
President Jimmy Carter
This beautifully illustrated A Child's Christmas in Wales should bring Dylan Thomas's work to a new generation of children.”Chicago Tribune
Enchanting.The Nation
A merrier and more pungent celebration of the season for family reading aloud has not been written in our time.Harper’s Magazine
Surely this Christmas story ranks among the great experiences of the language.