Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Dignity
Dignity
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Mae Magda yn byw ar ei phen ei hun mewn tŷ enfawr ger y môr. Yn gyn-wyddonydd gyda thymer ddrwg a dogn dda o falchder Prydeinig hen ffasiwn, nid yw am dderbyn cymorth gan unrhyw un - er bod ei chorff yn gwanhau a bod ei chartref yn syrthio'n ddarnau. Mae ei thafod llym yn peri bod ei gofalwyr yn ei gadael yn gyflym iawn. Hyd nes y daw Susheela.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Magda lives alone in her a huge house by the sea. A former scientist with a bad temper and a good dose of old fashioned British pride, she does not need help from anyone - despite her derelict house and her body's many betrayals. With her sharp tongue, she gets through carers at a rate of knots. Until Susheela arrives.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781474609432
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781474609432
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Dignity
- Awdur / Author
- Conran, Alys
- Current Price ex VAT
- £14.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £14.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2019-04-10
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 384 pages
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Nofelau a Storïau ar Gyfer Oedolion (yn Saesneg) | EN: Adult Fiction and Stories (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Ffuglen Lenyddol a Chyffredinol (yn Saesneg) | EN: General and Literary Fiction (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Alys Conran's fiction, poetry, and translations have been placed in several competitions, including The Bristol Short Story Prize and The Manchester Fiction Prize. Having previously studied Literature at Edinburgh, she completed her MA in Creative Writing at Manchester. She also ran projects to increase access to creative writing and reading among traditionally excluded groups in north Wales. She was recently awarded a scholarship to write a second novel.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
And Susheela, it turns out, is in even more trouble than Magda. Still reeling from the recent death of her mum and trying to prop up her heartbroken dad, she finds herself falling for Ewan, a beautiful, fragile young man recovering from the brutal experience of war. The two women - seemingly separated by class, culture and time - strike up an unlikely and sometimes uneasy friendship. Magda's no-nonsense approach to life turns out to be an unexpected source of strength for Susheela; and Susheela's Bengali heritage brings back memories of Magda's childhood in colonial India, a time filled with servants and privilege, and terrible secrets. Those memories slowly bring back to life the tragic figure of Magda's mother, Evelyn, once a warm hearted, and free-spirited school teacher in rural England who had her innocent optimism ground away by a controlling husband and the misery of being a respectable member of the Raj's ruling class - with devastating consequences. Review Dignity is an exquisite novel: compassionate, beautiful and unflinching. I'm full of admiration for the skill with which it draws connections between the past and present, and manages to feel both timeless and achingly contemporary. (Fiona McFarlane, award-winning author of The Night Guest ) Through three women's distinct and wonderful voices Alys Conran explores the nature and meaning of home. The characters in this beautiful novel are fierce, compassionate, angry, but above all, heart-breakingly real. I was drawn in from the very first page. (Claire Fuller, award-winning author of Our Endless Numbered Days and Bitter Orange ) In Alys Conran's second novel, she tells the story of Magda, an elderly woman beset with memories of her childhood in India and her growing concern for Susheela, the young woman who works as her carer. As Magda's health fails and Susheela reveals struggles of her own, the women - difficult, complicated, sometimes unlikeable - draw closer in this surprising tale of the British Empire's long reach. This is a beguiling book with a fierce, uncompromising quality to it - a novel that continues to unfold its meaning after the story has ended. (Guinevere Glasfurd, author of The Words in my Hand (shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award)) An exquisite novel by a great new talent. (M.J. Hyland, Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of Carry Me Down on Alys Conran's Pigeon ) Might have been authored by Faulkner . . . pitch-perfect. (Omar Sabbagh, New Welsh Review on Alys Conran's Pigeon ) Deceptively simple... thoroughly engaging... a timeless quality... I should like to recommend that the unpretentious prose of Pigeon be read primarily for its humaneness and subtle poetical spirit. ( Wales Art Review on Alys Conran's Pigeon )
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