Dylan Thomas: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog [Paperback]

Dylan Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1975

Dylan Thomas evokes the flavour of life in a Welsh seaside town here, through the sharp and dreaming eyes of a boy and young man.

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About the Author

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea on 27 October 1914, the son of a senior English master. On leaving school he worked on the South Wales Evening Post before embarking on his literary career in London. Not only a poet, he wrote short stories, film scripts, features and radio plays, the most famous being Under Milk Wood. On 9 November 1953, shortly after his thirty-ninth birthday, he collapsed and died in New York city. He is buried in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, which had become his main home since 1949. In 1982 a memorial stone to commemorate him was unveiled in 'Poet's Corner' in Westminster Abbey. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation (January 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811202070
• ISBN-13: 978-0811202077
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Memoir, April 2, 2002

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jumpy1 (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dylan Thomas: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog (Paperback)

This memoir is painful, beautiful, rugged. He shows himself to be proud, horrid, loving, sentimental. It is a small collection of short, powerful stories that span from childhood to young adulthood. He refers to himself at times in first person, other times in third (so you have to pay attention!). Growing into manhood, observing others and being observed. He expresses experiences of personal pride and humiliation with equal relish. Portraits of others in his life are humorous, admiring and at times sad. Hanging out with odd-balls; learning about women. It may have been a simpler time for technology, but the emotional struggles, the economic realities, the physical exertion required in a life in early 20th century Wales were harsh. All-in-all, this book is unforgettable.

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too good to be ignored, March 6, 2000

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the lord - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dylan Thomas: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog (Paperback)

I would rather read this book than any by James Joyce. Thomas may be remembered for his wonderful poems, but his short pieces are, under no circumstances, to be ignored.

Thomas writes of his youth, which is a subject that many writers have attempted to write about, and where they fall short he excells. The stories are nothing but fun. Actually, they are more than fun; they are often beautiful. By all means, READ THIS!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book!!, July 13, 2009

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This review is from: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog (Paperback)

Hemingway once said that "all good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse."
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG is one of those happy few books..beautifully written,funny, moving, cruel and joyful at the same time..please read it!!