Caradog Prichard

This simple novel tells of one boy's journey into the grown-up world. By the light of a full moon our narrator and his friends Huw and Moi witness a side to their Welsh village life that they had no idea existed, and their childish innocence is exchanged for a shocking introduction to the horrors of the adult world.First published in Welsh in 1961, Philip Mitchell's translation, the first complete translation in English, captures all the vibrancy of Prichard's magnificent prose. In this new edition Jan Morris and Niall Griffiths explain why this remains one of the Britain's most significant and brilliant pieces of fiction.

One Moonlit Night

A boy's coming of age early this century in a village in Wales. A tale of poverty, failed strikes, death, madness, and refuge in religion. The late author was a poet and journalist.

Bethan Northwood

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           i loved the naive narrator and i loved the image of rural welsh life and families. i liked how mixed up and tangent-filled it was too. after reading other reviews i went back and read the start and the end of the book and i don’t completely understand it but still a wonderful book. 
the passage where after he says goodbye to his mother and cries was both beautiful and emotional and while not entirely the same it is a good description of grief.

One Moonlit Night

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