Flowers of War

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Pan gaiff yr awdur becyn bychan o lythyrau a phapurau yn ymwneud â brawd ei daid, a laddwyd yn Syria yn ystod yr Ail Ryfel Byd, caiff ei arwain ar daith bersonol estynedig. Dyma archwiliad o hanes, dychymyg a'r cof, sy'n symud yn llyfn o hunangofiant i lyfr taith, o lythyrau a dyddiaduron i gofnodion swyddogol. Addasiad Saesneg gan Katie Gramich o Rhyw Flodau Rhyfel .

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

When the author is given a small package, containing letters and papers relating to his grandfather's brother, who was killed in Syria during the Second World War, it leads him on an extended personal journey. An exploration of history, imagination and the process of memory, shifting imperceptibly from autobiography to travelogue, from letters and diaries to official records.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Llŷr Gwyn Lewis is a Welsh-language writer and poet. His previous publications include Fabula (2017), a collection of short stories, and poetry in Storm ar wyneb yr haul (2014) and rhwng dwy lein drên (2020). In 2017 he was selected as one of LAF’s Ten New Voices from Europe for 2017.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

'A novel which attempts to document... a period not until now described or explored by a poet or writer with such intimacy and honesty.' - Taliesin 'Mature, adventurous, intelligent.'- Jon Gower In his first prose work Lewis reveals a rare and consummate literary talent. Deeply rooted in his Welsh identity, this young writer locates his own and his family’s experience within the wider European world in a thoughtful, mature and highly original book.