Library of Wales: Element of Water, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Yn yr Almaen cyn yr Ail Ryfel Byd, mae dau fachgen yn anwahanadwy. Ond wrth iddynt dyfu'n ddynion ifanc ac wrth i Natsïaeth fartsio yn ei flaen, ni all Dahl a Quantz barhau â chyfeillgarwch plentyndod, wrth i un ohonynt ddod yn swyddog SS tra bod y llall yn wystl mewn uned cudd-wybodaeth.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

In pre-war Germany, two boys grow up together inseparable. However, as adulthood approaches and Nazism continues its inexorable march, Dahl and Quantz can no longer reconcile their childhood friendship as one becomes an SS officer and the other a pawn in the intelligence unit.

Dosbarthu

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Dispatch

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Stevie Davies was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, though she lived in Swansea, Wales from a week old, and spent a nomadic childhood in Egypt, Scotland and Germany. After studying at Manchester University, she went on to lecture there, returning to Swansea in 2001. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Swansea University. Stevie is both a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Welsh Academy. Her latest novel, Awakening , published by Parthian in 2013, was her twelfth. Stevie has won numerous awards for her fiction, and has been long-listed for the Booker and Orange Prizes. Several of her books have been adapted into radio and screenplays. She writes for the Guardian and Independent newspapers, and is a passionate sea-swimmer, cyclist and walker on the Gower.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Foreword by Kirsti Bohata ‘Truly extraordinary’ - A L Kennedy, The Guardian ‘Davies’s fusion of past and present is masterly. A revelation’ - Independent ‘A timely study of race, identity, prejudice and forgiveness’ - Big Issue ‘Resonating with poignant imagery, this outstanding novel examines the best and worst of human nature’ - The Times