At Dawn, Two Nightingales

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Opera gomig ar ffurf nofel – mae'n rhannol yn ymchwil, yn bantomeim ac yn stori ysbryd annisgwyl. Mae'r testun yn chwareus ac yn dorcalonnus, gan wrthdroi confensiynau'r nofel hanesyddol bob tro.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A comic opera in novel form - part quest, part pantomime, part unexpected ghost story, At Dawn, Two Nightingales is both playful and heartbreaking, upending the conventions of the historical novel at every turn.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Alan Bilton is the author of three previous novels, The Sleepwalker's Ball, The Known and Unknown Sea, and The End of The Yellow House, as well as a collection of dreamlike short stories, Anywhere Out of the World, as well as books on silent film, contemporary fiction, and the 1920s.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

The land of Bohemia in the Eighteenth Century. At Dawn, Two Nightingales is rumoured to be the most dangerous poem in the world, its haunted verses said to be invested with mysterious, supernatural powers. The impoverished Count Mitrovsky believes that within the enchanted stanzas lies the key to his beautiful neighbour Mařenka's heart, but other parties are searching for the poem too - sinister censors, dangerous criminals, bandits and brigands of all stripes. A richly comic and darkly disturbing story of unrequited love, fantastical adventure and the quest for a mysterious poem, masterfully delivered in gloriously luscious prose - Carole Hailey, The Silence Project The reader must ride their luck in a bone-shaking droshky. The carriage will take them through quivering landscapes by day and something peculiarly spectral by night. Bilton’s work is a Bohemian romp, an amuse-bouche which keeps on giving. Carnivalesque, metaphysical, theatrical, slapstick, lyrical, not infrequently graced by aphorisms and a wondrous wit, the novel spins out a mellifluous if bewildering poetic dream - Julian Stannard, The Red Zone